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. 2012 Jan 23;2012:571862. doi: 10.1155/2012/571862

Table 5.

Adjusted1 hazard ratios for disease-specific and recurrence free survival.2

Risk Factors Oral cavity Oropharynx
Disease-specific Survival1 Recurrence-free survival1 Disease-specific survival1 Recurrence-free survival1
HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)
Patients with HPV serology (N = 182)
N = 116 N = 96 N = 52 N = 43
E6 and/or E7 n n n n
 Negative 103 (88.8) 1.3 (0.4–4.2) 86 (89.6) 1.1 (0.3–3.6) 16 (30.8) 5.7 (1.7–20.0) 13 (30.2) 6.7 (1.7–26.1)
 Positive 13 (11.2) 1.0 10 (10.4) 1.0 36 (69.2) 1.0 30 (69.8) 1.0
Age2 1.02 (1.0–1.1) 1.02 (1.0–1.04) 1.04 (0.96–1.1) 1.03 (0.95–1.1)
Stage
 0/I/II 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 III/IV 7.9 (2.8–22.5) 1.5 (0.7–3.1) 1.5 (0.2–11.4) 3 1.3 (0.03–58.8)

Patients with both HPV tumor and serology (N = 157)
N = 100 N = 88 N = 44 N = 39

E6 and/or E7 n n n n
 Negative 89 (89.0) 1.4 (0.4–4.5) 80 (90.9) 1.1 (0.3–3.5) 14 (31.8) 4.2 (1.2–15.1) 12 (30.8) 10.4 (2.4–52.4)
 Positive 11 (11.0) 1.0 8 (9.1) 1.0 30 (68.2) 1.0 27 (69.2) 1.0
HPV tumor status
 Negative 88 (88.0) 0.8 (0.3–2.0) 78 (88.6) 0.5 (0.2–1.3) 17 (38.6) 3.0 (0.9–10.7) 15 (38.5) 7.3 (1.5–36.4)
 High Risk 12 (12.0) 1.0 10 (11.4) 1.0 27 (61.4) 1.0 24 (61.5) 1.0

1Adjusted for stage and continuous age; 2in years; 3odds ratio Logit estimator adjusted for stage and categorical age.

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