Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics and sexual activity of survey participants in South Korea by gender and GW diagnosis (men) or HPV-related diseases (women)
| Men (n=150) | P value | Women (n=250) | P value | Overall | |||
| With GW (n=75) |
No GW (n=75) |
HPV disease (n=200) |
No HPV disease (n=50) |
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| Age | |||||||
| Mean | 34.07 | 37.32 | 0.0422 | 34.90 | 35.56 | 0.6695 | 35.28 |
| SD | 9.48 | 9.96 | 9.63 | 10.32 | 9.77 | ||
| Age group | |||||||
| 20–29 years | 26 (34.7%) | 19 (25.3%) | 0.0194 | 70 (35.0%) | 18 (36.0%) | 0.9538 | 133 (33.3%) |
| 30–44 years | 40 (53.3%) | 33 (44.0%) | 86 (43.0%) | 22 (44.0%) | 181 (45.3%) | ||
| 45–60 years | 9 (12.0%) | 23 (30.7%) | 44 (22.0%) | 10 (20.0%) | 86 (21.5%) | ||
| Valid, n | 75 | 75 | 200 | 50 | 400 | ||
| Committed relationship | |||||||
| Yes | 66 (88.0%) | 62 (83.8%) | 0.4596 | 170 (85.4%) | 44 (88.0%) | 0.6398 | 342 (85.9%) |
| No | 9 (12.0%) | 12 (16.2%) | 29 (14.6%) | 6 (12.0%) | 56 (14.1%) | ||
| Valid, n | 75 | 74 | 199 | 50 | 398 | ||
| Marital status | |||||||
| Married | 32 (42.7%) | 45 (60.8%) | 0.0976 | 98 (49.0%) | 31 (62.0%) | 0.4302 | 206 (51.6%) |
| Widowed/divorced | 1 (1.3%) | 1 (1.4%) | 9 (4.5%) | 2 (4.0%) | 13 (3.3%) | ||
| Separated | 2 (2.7%) | 6 (3.0%) | 1 (2.0%) | 9 (2.3%) | |||
| Never married | 40 (53.3%) | 28 (37.8%) | 87 (43.5%) | 16 (32.0%) | 171 (42.9%) | ||
| Valid, n | 75 | 74 | 200 | 50 | 399 | ||
| Highest degree | |||||||
| Less than grade 12 including vocational education | 1 (1.3%) | 1 (1.3%) | 0.1752 | 4 (2.0%) | 3 (6.0%) | 0.1159 | 9 (2.3%) |
| High school graduate/GED | 18 (24.0%) | 11 (14.7%) | 67 (33.8%) | 21 (42.0%) | 117 (29.4%) | ||
| Some college/technical school including associate’s degree | 12 (16.0%) | 6 (8.0%) | 54 (27.3%) | 7 (14.0%) | 79 (19.8%) | ||
| Baccalaureate degree | 40 (53.3%) | 48 (64.0%) | 68 (34.3%) | 16 (32.0%) | 172 (43.2%) | ||
| Ever had sexual intercourse | |||||||
| Yes | 75 (100.0%) | 70 (93.3%) | 0.0229 | 198 (99.0%) | 46 (92.0%) | 0.0038 | 389 (97.3%) |
| No | 5 (6.7%) | 2 (1.0%) | 4 (8.0%) | 11 (2.8%) | |||
| Valid, n | 75 | 75 | 200 | 50 | 400 | ||
| Age at first sexual intercourse | |||||||
| Mean | 20.63 | 21.93 | 0.0470 | 21.92 | 22.84 | 0.1847 | 21.78 |
| SD | 3.95 | 3.79 | 4.19 | 4.18 | 4.11 | ||
| Valid, n patients | 75 | 68 | 196 | 45 | 384 | ||
| No of sex partners in the last 5 years | |||||||
| No partners | 2 (2.9%) | 0.0014 | 6 (3.0%) | 2 (4.3%) | 0.6072 | 10 (2.6%) | |
| 1 partner | 9 (12.0%) | 30 (42.9%) | 103 (52.3%) | 30 (65.2%) | 172 (44.3%) | ||
| 2–5 partners | 47 (62.7%) | 25 (35.7%) | 65 (33.0%) | 13 (28.3%) | 150 (38.7%) | ||
| 6–10 partners | 10 (13.3%) | 9 (12.9%) | 9 (4.6%) | 28 (7.2%) | |||
| 11–15 partners | 3 (4.0%) | 1 (1.4%) | 3 (1.5%) | 1 (2.2%) | 8 (2.1%) | ||
| 16–20 partners | 1 (1.3%) | 2 (2.9%) | 4 (2.0%) | 7 (1.8%) | |||
| 21–25 partners | 3 (4.0%) | 2 (1.0%) | 5 (1.3%) | ||||
| 26–50 partners | 1 (1.3%) | 2 (1.0%) | 3 (0.8%) | ||||
| More than 50 partners | 1 (1.3%) | 1 (1.4%) | 3 (1.5%) | 5 (1.3%) | |||
| Valid, n | 75 | 70 | 197 | 46 | 388 | ||
| Frequency of condom use | |||||||
| Never | 16 (21.3%) | 26 (37.7%) | 0.0614 | 86 (43.7%) | 24 (52.2%) | 0.2860 | 152 (39.3%) |
| Less than half the time | 28 (37.3%) | 13 (18.8%) | 30 (15.2%) | 10 (21.7%) | 81 (20.9%) | ||
| About half the time | 10 (13.3%) | 12 (17.4%) | 31 (15.7%) | 3 (6.5%) | 56 (14.5%) | ||
| Not always but more than half the time | 16 (21.3%) | 10 (14.5%) | 26 (13.2%) | 3 (6.5%) | 55 (14.2%) | ||
| Always | 5 (6.7%) | 7 (10.1%) | 15 (7.6%) | 5 (10.9%) | 32 (8.3%) | ||
| I have not had sexual intercourse in the last 12 months | 1 (1.4%) | 9 (4.6%) | 1 (2.2%) | 11 (2.8%) | |||
| Valid, n | 75 | 69 | 197 | 46 | 387 | ||
| Sexual partners in lifetime | |||||||
| Heterosexual partners | 74 (100.0%) | 70 (100.0%) | 198 (100.0%) | 46 (100.0%) | 388 (100.0%) | ||
| Valid, n | 74 | 70 | 198 | 46 | 388 | ||
| Sexual partners in the last 12 months | |||||||
| Heterosexual partners | 74 (100.0%) | 69 (100.0%) | 194 (100.0%) | 46 (100.0%) | 383 (100.0%) | ||
| Mean | 2.57 | 1.80 | 0.0829 | 2.06 | 1.20 | 0.2046 | 2.01 |
| SD | 2.81 | 2.49 | 4.50 | 0.63 | 3.62 | ||
| Valid, n | 74 | 69 | 194 | 46 | 383 | ||
GED, general educational development; GW, genital warts; HPV, human papillomavirus.