Table 1 Demographic and virological characteristics of patients and controls
Patients | Controls | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |||
Sex | female | 7 | 8.97 | 5 | 7.5 | >0.05 |
male | 71 | 91.03 | 35 | 92.5 | ||
Age | 40–49 | 12 | 15.4 | 7 | 17.5 | >0.05 |
50–69 | 34 | 43.6 | 19 | 47.5 | ||
70 + | 32 | 41.0 | 14 | 35.0 | ||
Place of residence | urban | 50 | 64.1 | 26 | 65.0 | >0.05 |
rural | 28 | 35.9 | 14 | 35.0 | ||
Smoking | yes | 62 | 79.5 | 32 | 80.0 | >0.05 |
no | 16 | 20.5 | 8 | 20.0 | ||
Alcohol | yes | 34 | 43.6 | 20 | 50.0 | >0.05 |
no | 44 | 56.4 | 20 | 50.0 | ||
EBV DNA | positive | 40 | 51.3 | 8 | 20.0 | <0.001* |
negative | 37 | 47.4 | 32 | 80.0 | ||
HPV DNA | positive | 24 | 30.8 | 1 | 2.5 | <0.001* |
negative | 54 | 69.2 | 39 | 97.5 | ||