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Table 3 Association of demographic and warts characteristics with oncogenic HPV detection (N = 156)

From: Association of HPV genotypes with external anogenital warts: a cross sectional study

Characteristic

Oncogenic HPV

n (%)

Non-Oncogenic HPV

n (%)

P. Value

Gender

  

0.4623

 Male

43 (33.3)

86 (66.7)

 

 Female

11 (40.7)

16 (59.3)

 

Nationality

  

0.2193

 Kuwaiti

31 (39.2)

48 (60.8)

 

 Non-Kuwaiti

23 (29.9)

54 (70.1)

 

Number of Warts

  

0.6142

 One

1 (33.3)

2 (66.7)

 

 Two – Four

34 (38.2)

55 (61.8)

 

 At least Five

19 (29.7)

45 (70.3)

 

Duration of presence of each Wart

  

0.1623

 Less than one month

6 (18.2)

27 (81.8)

 

 One – six months

31 (38.8)

49 (61.3)

 

 Seven – Twelve months

12 (41.4)

17 (58.6)

 

 More than 12 months

5 (35.7)

9 (64.3)

 

Size of each Wart

  

0.0474

 Less than one Cm1

9 (25.0)

27 (75.0)

 

 One Cm

9 (24.3)

28 (75.7)

 

 One – two Cm

31 (44.3)

39 (55.7)

 

 More than two Cm

5 (38.5)

8 (61.5)

 

Wart subject to prior treatment

  

0.0603

 No

26 (28.6)

65 (71.4)

 

 Yes

28 (43.1)

37 (56.9)

 

Partner has Warts

  

0.4693

 No

39 (33.1)

79 (66.9)

 

 Yes

15 (39.5)

23 (60.5)

 
  1. Data are numbers of patients (%).1: Centimeter. Oncogenic HPV if it is positive in one of HPV types: 16, 18, 33 and 38. Non-oncogenic HPV if it is positive in one of HPV types: 1a, 2, 6, 7, 9, 27, 27b, 57b, 57c, 65 and 81. 2Fisher exact test, 3Pearson Chi square test, 4 Chi square test for trend