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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Oral Oncol. 2015 Jun 26;51(9):832–838. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2015.06.005

Table 3.

Demographic and SES characteristics of OPC patients by tumor HPV status determined by p16 expression and ISH with or without PCR and by smoking status (N=356)a

All patients HPV-positive patients


Characteristic HPV-positive
(N=315)
HPV-negative
(N=41)
p Crude OR
(95% CI)
Adjusted OR
(95% CI)b
Never/light
smokers
(N=175)
Smokers
(N=101)
p Crude OR
(95% CI)
Adjusted OR
(95% CI)b


Age, years .313 .001
  ≤55 157 (49.8) 17 (41.5) 1.0 1.0 93 (53.1) 45 (44.6) 1.0 1.0
  >55 158 (50.2) 24 (58.4) 0.7 (0.4–1.4) 0.7 (0.3–1.6) 82 (46.9) 56 (55.5) 0.7 (0.4–1.2) 0.7 (0.4–1.2)
  Median (IQR) 56 (50–62) 58 (51–64)
Sex .001 .051
  Male 276 (87.6) 28 (68.3) 1.0 1.0 149 (85.1) 94 (93.1) 1.0 1.0
  Female 39 (12.4) 13 (31.7) 0.3 (0.1–0.6) 0.2 (0.1–0.6) 26 (14.9) 7 (6.9) 2.3 (1.0–5.6) 3.7 (1.3–11.1)
Ethnicity .034 .525
  White 287 (91.1) 33 (80.5) 1.0 1.0 160 (91.4) 90 (89.1) 1.0 1.0
  Other 28 (8.9) 8 (19.5) 0.4 (0.2–1.0) 0.5 (0.2–1.4) 15 (8.6) 11 (10.9) 0.8 (0.3–1.7) 0.8 (0.3–2.0)
Marital status .043 .176
  Currently married 218 (79.6) 24 (64.9) 1.0 1.0 142 (82.1) 76 (75.3) 1.0 1.0
  Never/formerly married 56 (20.4) 13 (35.1) 0.5 (0.2–1.0) 0.8 (0.3–2.0) 31 (17.9) 25 (24.8) 0.7 (0.4–1.2) 0.7 (0.3–1.5)
  Missing 41 4 2 0
Income/year .052 .005
  <$50,000 55 (21.4) 13 (38.2) 1.0 1.0 25 (15.2) 30 (32.3) 1.0 1.0
  $50,000–$99,999 79 (30.7) 11 (32.4) 1.7 (0.7–4.1) 0.9 (0.3–2.6) 52 (31.7) 27 (29.0) 2.3 (1.1–4.7) 1.6 (0.7–3.6)
  ≥$100,000 123 (47.9) 10 (29.4) 2.9 (1.2–7.0) 1.3 (0.4–4.2) 87 (53.1) 36 (38.7) 2.9 (1.5–5.6) 1.4 (0.6–3.0)
  Missing 58 7 .600c 11 8 .575c
Education level .002 <.001
  High school or GED or less 65 (23.7) 19 (51.4) 1.0 1.0 25 (14.5) 40 (39.6) 1.0 1.0
  Technical or vocational school 85 (31.0) 6 (16.2) 4.1 (1.6–11.0) 2.8 (1.0–8.4) 52 (30.1) 33 (32.7) 2.5 (1.3–4.9) 2.0 (1.0–4.1)
  Bachelor’s degree or greater 124 (45.3) 12 (32.4) 3.0 (1.4–6.6) 1.2 (0.4–3.2) 96 (55.5) 28 (27.7) 5.5 (2.9–10.5) 5.2 (2.5–10.8)
  Missing 41 4 .638c 2 0 <.001c
SES composite .003 <.001
  Q1 (low) 65 (25.3) 18 (52.9) 1.0 1.0 27 (16.5) 38 (40.9) 1.0 1.0
  Q2 (mid) 104 (40.5) 7 (20.6) 4.1 (1.6–10.4) 2.6 (1.0–7.0) 67 (40.9) 37 (39.8) 2.5 (1.3–4.8) 2.4 (1.2–4.7)
  Q3 (high) 88 (34.2) 9 (26.5) 2.7 (1.1–6.4) 1.1 (0.4–3.0) 70 (42.7) 18 (19.4) 5.5 (2.7–11.2) 5.3 (2.5–11.3)
  Missing 58 7 .672c 11 8 <.001c

GED, graduate equivalency degree; IQR, interquartile range.

a

Values in table are number of patients (%) unless otherwise indicated.

b

Adjusted for all other variables and pack years of smoking (SES composite not adjusted for income/education level).

c

P for trend.