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. 2022 Apr 6;150:e87. doi: 10.1017/S0950268822000619

Table 3.

HPV prevalences* in females and males by selected participant characteristics

Females N = 500 Males N = 493
Any HPV
n (%)
Quadrivalent HPV-type
n (%)
Non-quadrivalent HPV-type
n (%)
Any HPV
n (%)
Quadrivalent HPV-type
n (%)
Non-quadrivalent HPV-type
n (%)
Age (years)
18–19 147 (55.5) 40 (15.1) 139 (52.5) 62 (27.6) 15 (6.7) 57 (25.3)
20–22 168 (71.5) 65 (27.7) 163 (69.4) 93 (34.7) 33 (12.3) 83 (31.0)
Sexually experienced
No 35 (27.4) 6 (4.7) 32 (25.0) 15 (12.8) 5 (4.3) 12 (10.3)
Yes 280 (75.3) 99 (26.6) 270 (72.6) 140 (37.2) 43 (11.4) 128 (34.0)
Age of first sex (years)*
≥18 229 (74.6) 81 (26.4) 220 (71.7) 71 (32.9) 24 (11.1) 64 (29.6)
<18 51 (78.5) 18 (27.7) 50 (76.9) 69 (43.1) 19 (11.9) 64 (40.0)
Age of first sex partner (years)*
≥20 179 (76.2) 70 (29.8) 171 (72.8) 25 (39.7) 5 (7.9) 24 (38.1)
<20 101 (74.3) 29 (21.3) 99 (72.8) 115 (36.7) 38 (12.1) 104 (33.2)
Age of current sex partner (years)*
≥22 163 (79.5) 64 (31.2) 157 (76.6) 12 (44.4) 3 (11.1) 12 (44.4)
<22 117 (70.5) 35 (21.1) 113 (68.1) 128 (36.8) 40 (11.5) 116 (33.3)
Number of sex partners past 12 months*
1 159 (69.1) 48 (20.9) 152 (66.1) 47 (30.3) 15 (9.7) 42 (27.1)
2 89 (84.8) 36 (34.3) 87 (82.9) 42 (36.8) 15 (13.2) 37 (33.5)
≥3 32 (88.9) 15 (41.7) 31 (86.1) 51 (48.1) 13 (12.3) 49 (46.2)
Lifetime no. sex partners*
0 35 (27.3) 6 (4.7) 32 (25.0) 15 (12.8) 5 (4.3) 12 (10.3)
1 82 (64.1) 22 (17.2) 76 (59.4) 15 (22.8) 7 (11.1) 12 (19.1)
2 79 (75.2) 30 (28.6) 77 (73.3) 20 (31.3) 6 (9.4) 17 (26.6)
3–5 89 (86.4) 35 (34.0) 87 (84.5) 58 (38.9) 16 (10.7) 54 (36.2)
≥6 30 (83.3) 12 (33.3) 30 (83.3) 47 (47.0) 14 (14.0) 45 (45.0)
Condom use in the past 3 months
Always 111 (66.5) 36 (21.6) 110 (65.9) 59 (31.2) 16 (8.5) 57 (30.2)
Sometimes/Never 154 (85.6) 59 (32.8) 146 (81.1) 74 (50.0) 24 (16.2) 65 (43.9)
No Sex Past 3 Months 15 (60.0) 4 (16.0) 14 (56.0) 7 (18.0) 3 (7.7) 6 (15.4)
Tobacco use
Never 302 (62.9) 99 (20.6) 289 (60.2) 126 (30.9) 40 (9.8) 114 (27.9)
Daily 4 (100.0) 3 (75.0) 4 (100.0) 12 (30.8) 2 (5.1) 12 (30.8)
Weekly 9 (56.3) 3 (18.8) 9 (56.3) 17 (37.0) 6 (13.0) 14 (30.4)
Circumcised
Yes 88 (29.3) 23 (7.7) 78 (26.0)
No 67 (34.7) 25 (13.0) 62 (32.1)
Age at circumcision (years)
0–10 11 (36.7) 3 (10.0) 10 (33.3)
11–15 60 (27.0) 12 (5.4) 55 (24.8)
16–22 17 (35.4) 8 (16.7) 13 (27.1)

HPV, human papillomavirus; Quadrivalent HPV: HPV 6, 11, 16 and 18; Non-quadrivalent HPV: HPV 26, 31, 33, 35, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 58, 59, 61, 66, 68, 69, 70, 73, 82.

*

Quadrivalent and non-quadrivalent HPV-type categories are not mutually exclusive.

Chi-square or fisher's exact test P-value <0.05.

Among sexually experienced participants only.