Table 1.

Prevalence of HPV DNA in 504 heterosexual couples in central Mexico, according to sex.

	Men n = 504		Women n = 504
HPV	n	%	n	%	ρ*
Presence of HPV
Positive	103	20.44	69	13.69	0.0009
Presence of high-risk HPV
Positive	44	8.73	48	9.52	0.6056
Presence of low-risk HPV
Positive	75	14.88	33	6.55	0.000
Multiple HPV infection
One type only	79	15.67	50	9.92	0.3841
Two or more types	24	4.77	19	3.77
Presence of HPV 16 and/or 18
Negative	491	97.42	490	97.22	0.8348
Positive	13	2.58	14	2.78
Positive for High-risk HPV
16	6	1.19	10	1.98	0.2850
18	7	1.39	4	0.79	0.3173
31	1	0.20	5	0.99	0.0455
33	0	0	0	0
35	0	0	0	0
39	7	1.39	3	0.60	0.1025
45	2	0.40	1	0.20	0.5637
51	2	0.40	3	0.60	0.6547
52	3	0.60	5	0.99	0.4142
56	2	0.40	1	0.20	0.3173
58	3	0.60	5	0.99	0.4142
59	12	2.38	15	2.98	0.4913
66	6	1.19	3	0.60	0.2568
For low-risk HPV
6	2	0.40	2	0.40	1.000
11	0	0	0	0
26	0	0	0	0
40	2	0.40	2	0.40	1.000
42	2	0.40	2	0.40	1.000
53	10	1.98	2	0.40	0.0114
54	5	0.99	4	0.79	0.6547
55	4	0.79	0	0	0.045
61	14	2.78	2	0.40	0.0013
62	11	2.18	7	1.39	0.2059
64	0	0	0	0
67	0	0	0	0
68	2	0.40	1	0.20	0.5637
69	0	0	1	0.20	0.3173
70	1	0.20	0	0	0.3171
71	3	0.60	5	0.99	0.4142
72	4	0.79	1	0.20	0.1797
73	2	0.40	2	0.40	1.000
81	7	1.39	4	0.79	0.3173
82	0	0	0	0
83	1	0.20	2	0.40	0.5637
84	9	1.79	1	0.20	0.0047
IS39	0	0	0	0
Cp6108	5	0.99	3	0.60	0.4142

* p-value obtained using McNemar´s Test.