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Table 2 Prevalence of overall HPV, Alpha-, Beta- and Gamma-PV infections in the anal canal of 226 individuals

From: Assessing Gammapapillomavirus infections of mucosal epithelia with two broad-spectrum PCR protocols

Variable

No. of patients

All HPVs

n (%)

p

Alpha-PVs

n (%)

p

Beta-PVs

n (%)

p

Gamma-PVs

n (%)

p

Multiple infections

n (%)

p

All Subjects

226

179 (79)

 

133 (59)

 

7 (3)

 

78 (35)

 

98 (43)

 

Gender

 Female

51

35 (69)

0.034

28 (55)

0.515

1 (2)

0.59

11 (22)

0.027

13 (26)

0.003

 Male (MSM)

175

144 (82)

105 (60)

6 (3)

67 (38)

85 (49)

Age

 18-30 years

97

76 (78)

0.69

59 (61)

0.86

4 (4)

0.40

32 (33)

0.17

44 (45)

 

 31-40 years

88

72 (82)

50 (56)

1 (1)

36 (40)

43 (49)

0.05

 41-66 years

41

31 (76)

24 (59)

2 (5)

10 (24)

11 (27)

 

HIV-1 status

 HIV-1-positive

20

18 (90)

0.21

14 (70)

0.29

2 (7)

0.103

13 (65)

0.003

13 (65)

0.04

 HIV-1-negative

206

161 (78)

119 (58)

5 (3)

65 (32)

85 (41)

  1. p values ≤ are depicted in bold