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Table 3 Oral HPV prevalence and risk factors among 205 HIV+/HIV- men attending an STI clinic in Puerto Rico

From: Oral HPV infection in a clinic-based sample of Hispanic men

Characteristic

HPV negative% (n)

HPV positive% (n)

p-value

Demographic

   

Age at recruitment

   

 16-24

88.6 (39)

11.4 (5)

0.002

 25-34

97.6 (40)

2.4 (1)

 

 35-44

73.2 (30)

26.8 (11)

 

 45-54

71.7 (33)

28.3 (13)

 

 55+

65.5 (19)

34.5 (10)

 

Level of education

   

 < High School

75.9 (41)

24.1 (13)

0.154

 High School

75.9 (60)

24.1 (19)

 

 > High School

87.3 (62)

12.7 (9)

 

Employed

   

 No

79.1 (34)

20.9 (9)

0.134

 Yes

82.7 (91)

17.3 (19)

 

Type of Health Insurance

 None

83.8 (31)

16.2 (6)

0.751

 Public

78.2 (93)

21.8 (26)

 

 Private

80.4 (37)

19.6 (9)

 

Behavioral

   

Ever smoked

   

 No

90.7 (49)

9.3 (5)

0.020

 Yes

76.0 (114)

24.0 (36)

 

Current smoker

   

 No

73.2 (30)

26.8 (11)

0.514

 Yes

78.5 (62)

21.5 (17)

 

Years Smoking

75.0 (87)

25.0 (29)

 

 Mean (SD)

22.3 (14.5)

28.7 (12.5)

0.038

Ever had an alcoholic beverage

 No

90.0 (9)

10.0 (1)

0.367

 Yes

79.4 (154)

20.6 (40)

 

Ever smoked marihuana

 No

87.0 (67)

13.0 (10)

0.048

 Yes

75.6 (96)

24.4 (31)

 

Ever smoked marihuana in the past 12 months

 No

69.6 (48)

30.4 (21)

0.105

 Yes

82.1 (46)

17.9 (10)

 

Sexual Activity

   

Lifetime number of sexual partners

79.4 (158)

20.6 (41)

0.005

Mean (SD)

20.2 (28.9)

65.9 (98.2)

 

MSM

   

 No

80.1 (109)

19.9 (27)

0.930

 Yes

80.7 (46)

19.3 (11)

 

MSM who had oral sex at least once in their lifetime

 No

80.0 (4)

20.0 (1)

0.673

 Yes

80.8 (42)

19.2 (10)

 

MSM who had oral sex at least once in the past 12 months

 No

33.3 (1)

66.7 (2)

0.066

 Yes

87.9 (29)

12.1 (4)

 

MSW

   

 No

86.7 (26)

13.3 (4)

0.525

 Yes

81.9 (131)

18.1 (29)

 

MSW who had oral sex at least once in their lifetime

 No

92.3 (12)

7.7 (1)

0.276

 Yes

81.0 (119)

19.0 (28)

 

MSW who had oral sex at least once in the past 12 months

 No

79.3 (23)

20.7 (6)

0.688

 Yes

82.6 (76)

17.4 (16)

 

Clinical

   

HIV

   

 No

82.2 (83)

17.8 (18)

0.422

 Yes

77.7 (80)

22.3 (23)

 

Years living with HIV

79.2 (80)

29.8 (21)

0.644

 Mean (SD)

11.3 (8.8)

12.2 (6.9)