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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: Head Neck. 2013 Oct 26;36(5):709–714. doi: 10.1002/hed.23362

TABLE 2.

Relationship between Epstein–Barr virus status, p16 status, and World Health Organization histology in the endemic southern China cohort.

Parameter Total (%) No. of EBV(+) (%) No. of EBV(−) (%) p value
WHO type
 Keratinizing 1 (1.2) 1 (1.2) 0
 Nonkeratinizing-differentiated 10 (11.6) 8 (9.3) 2 (2.3) .027
 Nonkeratinizing-undifferentiated 74 (86.0) 73 (84.9) 1 (1.2)
 Basaloid 1 (1.2) 1 (1.2) 0
p16 IHC
 Positive 2 (2.3) 2 (2.3) 0
 Negative 80 (93.0) 77 (89.5) 3 (3.5) .78
 N/A 4 (46.5) N/A N/A

Abbreviations: EBV, Epstein–Barr virus; WHO, World Health Organization; IHC, immunohisto-chemistry; N/A, not available.