Table 1.

Demographic Details and Habits of OSCC Cases Immunopositive for p16 and Positive for HPV DNA 16/18 by PCR

Parameters	Number of OSCC cases (%)	Number of p16 (3+/2+) positive cases (%)	P value at 0.05 significance level (Chi Square Test)	Number of HPV DNA (16/18) positive cases (%)	P value at 0.05 significance level (Chi Square Test)
Total	800 (100)	139 (17.4)		104 (13)
Gender			0.43		0.5
Male	701(87.6)	119 (16.9)		89 (12.7)
Female	99 (12.4)	20 (20.2)		15 (15.2)
Age			0.74		0.7
≤40	189 (23.6)	36 (19.0)		28 (14.8)
40-60	482 (60.3)	80 (16.6)		60 (12.4)
≥60	129 (16.1)	23 (17.8)		16 (12.4)
Tobacco Habits			0.96		0.57
None	110 (13.8)	21(19.1)		18 (16.3)
Tobacco Smoking	690 (86.3)	125 (18.1)		88 (12.7)
Tobacco/Betel nut chewing	660 (82.5)	119 (18.0)		85 (12.8)
Residence			<.001		0.002
Rural	480 (60)	61(12.7)		48 (10)
Urban	320 (40)	78 (24.3)		56 (17.5)
Religion			0.39		0.64
Non-Muslim	659 (82.3)	111(16.8)		84 (12.7)
Muslim	141(17.6)	28 (19.8)		20 (14.2)
Marital Status			0.34		0.64
Married	761(95.1)	130 (17.1)		98 (12.8)
Unmarried	39 (4.8)	9 (23.1%)		6 (15.4)
Qualification			0.03		0.8
Illiterate	138 (17.3)	28 (20.2)		21(15.2)
Primary	150 (18.7)	19 (12.6)		19 (12.6)
Secondary	312 (39.2)	46 (14.7)		37 (11.8)
Grad/Post grad	200 (25.0)	46 (23.0)		27 (13.5)
Occupation			0.14		0.4
Unskilled	279 (34.9)	55 (19.7%)		30 (10.8)
Semiskilled	384 (48.0)	57 (14.8%)		54 (14.1)
Skilled	75 (9.4)	18 (24%)		9 (12)
House wife	62 (7.7)	9 (14.5%)		11(17.7)
Family Members			0.1		0.09
≤ 2	42 (5.2)	9 (21.4)		4 (9.5)
3 to 5	462 (57.7)	92(19.9)		72 (15.6)
6 to 10	284 (35.5)	38 (13.4)		27 (9.5)
≥11	12 (1.5)	0 (0.00)		1 (9.1)
Dietary Habits			<.001		0.006
Vegetarian	225 (28.1)	63 (28)		41 (18.2)
Both (Veg/Non veg)	575 (71.8)	76 (13.2)		63 (10.9)