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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study participants stratified by gender, HPV seroprevalence study (n = 12,257, sera collected 2003–2006)

From: Seroprevalence of mucosal and cutaneous human papillomavirus (HPV) types among children and adolescents in the general population in Germany

 

Females

Males

Total

p-value

Subjects, no.

%a

Subjects, no.

%a

Subjects, no.

%a

Overall

5973

48.7

6284

51.3

12,257

100

 

Age group (y)

0.248

 1–3

616

15.4

649

15.4

1265

15.4

 

 4–6

882

16.7

933

16.6

1815

16.6

 

 7–9

1071

17.0

1146

17.0

2217

17.0

 

 10–11

823

11.4

851

11.4

1674

11.4

 

 12–13

889

12.2

960

12.2

1849

12.2

 

 14–15

858

13.6

963

13.6

1821

13.6

 

 16–17

834

13.8

782

13.8

1616

13.8

 

Region of residence

0.426

 West Germany

3922

83.2

4169

83.2

8091

83.2

 

 East Germany

2051

16.8

2115

16.8

4166

16.8

 

Urbanity

0.090

 Rural

1338

18.3

1382

18.5

2720

18.4

 

 Small city

1561

27.5

1660

27.4

3221

27.5

 

 Medium sized city

1768

29.6

1764

29.1

3532

29.3

 

 Large city

1306

24.6

1478

25.0

2784

24.8

 

Socioeconomic status of parents

0.612

 Low

1569

33.8

1656

34.3

3225

34.1

 

 Middle

2744

43.0

2882

42.0

5626

42.5

 

 High

1523

20.9

1579

21.1

3102

21.0

 

 NA

137

2.4

167

2.6

304

2.5

 

Migratory background of parents

0.319

 None

4680

74.2

4891

74.0

9571

74.1

 

 One parent

403

8.1

431

8.4

834

8.3

 

 Both parents

861

17.3

943

17.3

1804

17.3

 

 NA

29

0.5

19

0.3

48

0.4

 
  1. NA not available
  2. aWeighted proportion
  3. #p-value for difference by gender