Table 4.
Sexual behaviors of OPC patients with tumor HPV status determined by p16 expression and ISH with or without PCR (N=248)
| Lifetime any sex partnersa | Lifetime oral sex partners | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Pb | Median (IQR) | p | Mean(SD) | Pb | Median (IQR) | p | |
| HPV status | .009 | .070 | .049 | .003 | ||||
| Positive | 23.7 (38.9) | 10 (5–20) | 12.8 (25.9) | 4 (2–10) | ||||
| Negative | 11.3 (14.7) | 6.5 (3–10) | 6.0 (12.3) | 2 (1–3) | ||||
| HPV-positive | .026 | .070 | .037 | .117 | ||||
| Never/light smokers | 17.0 (26.7) | 8.5 (4–20) | 8.4 (13.8) | 4 (2–10) | ||||
| Smokers | 34.7 (53.7) | 12 (6–30) | 19.3 (37.7) | 6 (2–16) | ||||
| HPV-positive | .014 | .073 | .116 | .269 | ||||
| Low SES | 13.5 (16.8) | 7 (5–14) | 8.3 (12.4) | 4 (1–10) | ||||
| Mid or high SES | 25.9 (42.7) | 10 (5–25) | 13.5 (27.7) | 5 (2–10.5) | ||||
| Income/year | .785 | .293 | .825 | .267 | ||||
| <$50,000 | 24.8 (50.1) | 6.5 (4–16) | 13.3 (35.8) | 3.5 (1.5–10) | ||||
| ≥$50,000 | 22.2 (35.4) | 10 (5–25) | 11.8 (21.8) | 4 (2–10) | ||||
| Education level | .008 | .070 | .358 | .110 | ||||
| High school or GED or less | 13.0 (15.9) | 6 (4–16) | 9.4 (14.6) | 3 (1–10) | ||||
| Greater than high school or GED | 24.6 (41.5) | 10 (5–25) | 12.2 (26.6) | 4 (2–10) | ||||
| SES | .006 | .020 | .118 | .102 | ||||
| Low | 12.6 (16.6) | 6 (4–11) | 8.3 (13.3) | 3 (1–8.5) | ||||
| Mid or high | 25.4 (41.9) | 10 (5–25) | 13.1 (27.2) | 4 (2–10) | ||||
SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range.
a
Any sex includes oral, vaginal, and anal sex.
b
Student’s t-test adjusted for unequal variances.