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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Infect. 2012 Oct 30;89(3):262–266. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050633

Table 1.

HR-HPV viral load* in the control and intervention trial arms

Trial arm N Mean viral load SE p>∣t∣§
Baseline visit Control 100 130.3 1.5 0.76
Intervention 127 109.9 1.4
24-month visit Control 74 164.0 1.6 0.001
Intervention 25 8.0 2.0
*

Any penile swab sample that tested positive for HPV 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, or 52 by Linear Array was then tested by quantitative PCR to quantify the number of HPV viral copies present in the sample.

Mean number of HPV viral copies detected per 5 μl of sample.

SE of the mean.

§

T-test probability for difference in means between trial arms at each visit.