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Table 3 Prevalence of high risk-HPV in the study population according to anatomical sites (N = 126)

From: Prevalence of oncogenic human papillomavirus genotypes in patients diagnosed with anogenital malignancies in Botswana

		Anatomical Site/HPV type
		Anal n = 21	Penile n = 31	Vulvar n = 74	All sites n = 126	P-value^b
All hr.-HPV*	HPV+	13	13	42	68	0.274
	HPV-	8	18	32	58
	Total	21	31	74	126
	%	61.9	41.9	56.8	54.0
HPV 16 only	HPV 16+	8	5	34	47
	HPV 16-	5	8	8	21
	Total	13	13	42	68	0.016
	%	61.5	38.5	81.0	69.1
Other hr.-HPV Only	Other hr.-HPV+	5	6	8	19
	Other hr.-HPV-	8	7	34	49
	Total	13	13	42	68	0.115
	%	38.5	46.2	19.0	27.9
HPV 16 + Other hr.-HPV Co-Infection	Co-Infection	0	2	0	2
	No Co-Infection	13	11	42	66
	Total	13	13	42	68	0.068
	%	0	15.4	0	2.9

*HPV 18 was not detected in this study population
^aFisher’s exact p-value for comparison of proportion with hr.-HPV by anatomical site
^bFisher’s exact p-value for comparison of proportion with HPV 16 only by anatomical site

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