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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 Aug 2;31(8):1546–1553. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-21-1373

Table 5:

Odds Ratios for Persistent Infection lasting ≥12 months by smoking status and sexual orientation

	Any HPV ^a	High Risk HPV ^a	Low Risk HPV ^a
	aOR (95% CI) ^b	aOR (95% CI) ^b	aOR (95% CI) ^b
Overall
Smoking Status
Never	1.0 (ref)	1.0 (ref)	1.0 (ref)
Former	1.19 (0.80–1.76)	0.72 (0.42–1.24)	1.06 (0.69–1.64)
Current	1.67 (1.19–2.33)	1.40 (0.94–2.12)	1.32 (0.91–1.91)

MSM
Smoking Status
Never	1.0 (ref)	1.0 (ref)	1.0 (ref)
Former	1.26 (0.66–2.41)	0.78 (0.38–1.62)	1.13 (0.59–2.16)
Current	1.10 (0.63–1.91)	0.88 (0.49–1.59)	0.93 (0.53–1.62)

MSW
Smoking Status
Never	1.0 (ref)	1.0 (ref)	1.0 (ref)
Former	0.9 (0.49–1.64)	0.52 (0.19–1.44)	0.96 (0.50–1.87)
Current	1.83 (1.12–2.98)	1.89 (0.94–3.78)	1.51 (0.84–2.69)

Any, High Risk, Low Risk = models assessed the persistence of one or more anal HPV infections lasting ≥12 months for that grouping

aOR= multivariable OR adjusted for age, country, sexual orientation and lifetime female sexual partners (overall); age, country, lifetime female sexual partners, and lifetime male sexual partners (MSM); age, country, and lifetime female sexual partners (MSW)