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Table 4 Demographics, exposure, and HPV-related disease history of HPV concordant positive and negative pairs

From: Concordance of oral HPV prevalence between patients with oropharyngeal cancer and their partners

Characteristic

All patient-partner pairs+

(N = 198)

Concordant positive (N = 19)

Concordant negative (N = 159)

p-value*

Patient age, years

   

  < 55

7 (36.8 %)

69 (43.4 %)

.59

  ≥ 55

12 (63.2 %)

90 (56.6 %)

Partner age, years

   

  < 55

6 (31.6 %)

91 (57.6 %)

.03

  ≥ 55

13 (68.4 %)

67 (42.4 %)

Patient sex

   

 F

4 (21.1 %)

32 (20.1 %)

1.0

 M

15 (78.9 %)

127 (79.9 %)

Partner sex

   

 F

15 (78.9 %)

127 (79.9 %)

1.0

 M

4 (21.1 %)

32 (20.1 %)

Patient race

   

 White

13 (68.4 %)

146 (91.8 %)

.002

 Other

6 (31.6 %)

13 (8.2 %)

Partner race

   

 White

13 (68.4 %)

125 (78.6 %)

.31

 Other

6 (31.6 %)

34 (21.4 %)

Patient smoking status

   

 Former/never

8 (61.5 %)

76 (71.7 %)

.52

 Current

5 (38.5 %)

30 (28.3 %)

Partner smoking status

   

 Former/never

7 (53.8 %)

58 (66.7 %)

.37

 Current

6 (46.2 %)

29 (33.3 %)

Patient history of benign HPV disease

 None

19 (100 %)

154 (96.9 %)

1.0

 Yes

0 (0 %)

5 (3.1 %)

Partner history of benign HPV disease

 None

19(100 %)

153 (96.2 %)

1.0

 Yes

0 (0 %)

6 (3.8 %)

Patient history of HPV cancer

 None

18 (94.7 %)

155 (97.5 %)

.44

 Yes

1 (5.3 %)

4 (2.5 %)

Partner history of HPV cancer

   

 None

19 (100 %)

155 (97.5 %)

1.0

 Yes

0 (0 %)

4 (2.5 %)

 
  1. *Fisher’s exact test
  2. +Percentages are all column percentages