Table 1.
Characteristics of the 173 HIM participants with oral, anal, or 24-month persistent genital HPV16 infection.
| Baseline characteristics of selected HIM's participants | Oral HPV16 positive | Anal HPV16 positive | Genital HPV16 (24+ mo.) positive |
|---|---|---|---|
| N=28 | N=61 | N=84 | |
| Type of HPV16 Infection | |||
| Prevalent | 11 (39%) | 44 (72%) | 52 (62%) |
| Incident | 17 (61%)# | 17 (28%) | 32 (38%) |
| Age, median (IQR) | 38 (28–44) | 29 (25–40)^ | 34 (29–43) |
| Younger than 30 | 7 (25%) | 31 (51%)^ | 23 (27%) |
| 30–39 | 9 (32%) | 13 (21%) | 34 (40%) |
| 40 or older | 12 (43%) | 17 (28%) | 27 (32%) |
| Country | |||
| United States | 12 (43%) | 26 (43%) | 29 (35%) |
| Brazil | 8 (29%) | 17 (28%) | 31 (37%) |
| Mexico | 8 (29%) | 18 (29%) | 24 (29%) |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||
| White | 15 (54%) | 32 (52%) | 42 (50%) |
| Black | 4 (14%) | 8 (13%) | 17 (20%) |
| Mixed | 7 (25%) | 19 (31%) | 19 (23%) |
| Other | 2 (7%) | 2 (3%) | 5 (6%) |
| Refused | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) |
| Cigarette Smoker | |||
| Current | 5 (18%) | 20 (33%) | 23 (27%) |
| Former | 6 (21%) | 10 (16%) | 10 (12%) |
| Never | 17 (61%) | 31 (51%) | 51 (61%) |
| Sexual Orientationa | |||
| Men who have sex with women (MSW) | 26 (93%) | 42 (68%) | 78 (93%) |
| Men who have sex with men and women (MSMW) | 1 (4%) | 11 (18%)^ | 3 (4%) |
| Men who have sex with men (MSM) | 1 (4%) | 8 (13%)^ | 3 (4%) |
| Oral sex in last six months | |||
| No | 5 (18%) | 8 (13%) | 18 (21%) |
| Yes | 22 (79%) | 7 (11%) | 63 (75%) |
| Not reported | 1 (4%) | 46 (75%) | 3 (4%) |
| Lifetime number of sex partners (male+female), median(IQR) | 18 (10–40) | 13 (6–29) | 19 (10–35) |
| 0–5 | 2 (7%) | 11 (18%) | 3 (4%) |
| 6–20 | 11 (39%) | 26 (43%) | 34 (40%) |
| 21 or more | 9 (32%) | 18 (30%) | 31 (37%) |
| Not reported | 6 (21%) | 6 (10%) | 16 (19%) |
| HIV-infection | |||
| No | 28 (100%) | 59 (97%) | 83 (99%) |
| Yes | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) |
| Not reported | 0 (0%) | 2 (3%) | 0 (0%) |
#
Oral HPV16 infections were more likely to be incident than the anal HPV16 (p=0.003) or persistent genital HPV16 infections (p=0.02).
^
Anal HPV16-infected men were more likely to be younger and to have ever had sex with a man than men with oral HPV16 infections or 24-month genital HPV16 infections (p-values<0.05).
a
Sexual orientation defined by self-report lifetime sexual behavior data, MSMW report having at least one lifetime female and at least one male sex partner and MSM only reported having at least one lifetime male sex partner.