Table 2.

Odds of HPV-16/18 detection in oral dysplastic lesions, stratified by age and gender.

Characteristic	Number of studies	Number of samples	Crude prevalence (%)	Adjusted odds ratioa	p-Value
Age group b	8
<50 years		66	39.1	1
≥50 years		94	45.7	2.06 (0.76-5.62)	0.16
Gender b	9
Female		75	29.3	1
Male		98	46.9	2.44 (1.26-4.74)	0.008

^aAdjusted by study ID and type of diagnostic test.

^bOnly dysplastic lesions.