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Volume 19, Number 6—June 2013
Dispatch

Human Papillomavirus Genital Infections among Men, China, 2007–2009

Zhonghu He1, Ying Liu1, Yuan Sun1, Long Fu Xi, Ke Chen, Yiqiang Zhao, Lei Gao, Fangfang Liu, Yaqi Pan, Tao Ning, Lixin Zhang, Hong Cai, and Yang KeComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Laboratory of Genetics, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, People’s Republic of China (Z. He, Y. Liu, Y. Sun, K. Chen, Y. Zhao, L. Gao, F. Liu, Y. Pan, T. Ning, H. Cai, Y. Ke); University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA (L.F. Xi); Anyang Cancer Hospital, Anyang, People’s Republic of China (L. Zhang)

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Table 2

Selected demographic and behavior variables for genital HPV infection among 2,236 men from rural Henan Province, China, 2007–2009*

Patient variable Any type HPV infection
 Oncogenic HPV infection
 Nononcogenic HPV infection
Crude OR (95% CI)†
 Adjusted OR (95% CI)‡
 Crude OR (95% CI)†
 Adjusted OR (95% CI)‡
 Crude OR (95% CI)†
 Adjusted OR (95% CI)‡
Age, y
25–35 1.0 1.0 1.0
36–45 0.8 (0.6–1.0) 0.7 (0.4–1.1) 0.8 (0.6–1.1)
46–55 0.8 (0.6–1.1) 0.9 (0.6–1.5) 0.8 (0.5–1.1)
56–65 0.7 (0.5–1.0) 0.8 (0.5–1.3) 0.6 (0.4–1.0)
p value for trend§
 0.039
0.498
0.030
Education level
Illiterate, <1 y 1.0 1.0 1.0
Primary school, 1–6 y 0.7 (0.4–1.4) 0.9 (0.3–2.4) 0.7 (0.3–1.4)
Secondary school, 7–12 y 0.9 (0.5–1.6) 0.9 (0.3–2.2) 0.9 (0.4–1.9)
College or above, >12 y 1.5 (0.5–4.3) 1.8 (0.4–8.3) 1.3 (0.4–4.8)
p value for trend†
 0.238
0.969
0.132
Marital status
Married or cohabiting 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.00 1.0
Never married, divorced, separated, or widowed
 1.7 (1.1–2.6)
 1.6 (1.0–2.5)
1.8 (1.0–3.5)
 1.8 (0.9–3.4)
1.6 (0.9–2.7)
 1.6 (0.9–2.8)
Type of employment
Farming at home 1.0 1.0 1.0
Working in local area 1.2 (0.9–1.5) 1.1 (0.7–1.6) 1.3 (0.9–1.8)
Working outside local area 1.2 (0.9–1.6) 0.9 (0.6–1.5) 1.3 (0.9–1.9)
Other 1.2 (0.6–2.4) 1.1 (0.4–3.1) 1.3 (0.6–2.9)
p value for trend§
 0.238
0.876
0.100
Cigarette smoking
Never 1.0 1.0 1.0
Ever
 1.0 (0.8–1.3)
0.9 (0.6–1.3)
1.1 (0.8–1.4)
Alcohol consumption
Never 1.0 1.0 1.0
Ever
 1.0 (0.8–1.3)
1.1 (0.8–1.6)
1.0 (0.7–1.3)
Lifetime no. sex partners
0–1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.00 1.0
2 2.4 (1.6–3.6) 2.2 (1.5–3.4) 1.3 (0.6–2.7) 1.2 (0.6–2.6) 3.1 (2.0–4.8) 3.0 (2.0–4.7)
>3 2.0 (1.5–2.9) 1.8 (1.3–2.6) 1.9 (1.1–3.2) 1.9 (1.1–3.1) 2.1 (1.4–3.2) 1.9 (1.3–2.9)
p value for trend§
 <0.001
 <0.001
0.015
 0.020
<0.001
 <0.001
Oral or anal sex
Never 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Ever
 1.7 (1.2–2.4)
 1.5 (1.0–2.1)
1.5 (0.9–2.6)
1.8 (1.2–2.6)
Wash genitalia before sex
Occasionally or never 1.0 1.0 1.0
Frequently or every time 1.2 (0.9–1.6) 0.8 (0.5–1.4) 1.5 (1.1–2.1)

*HPV, human papillomavirus; OR, odds ratio.
†Crude ORs and 95% CIs derived by univariate logistic regression analysis.
‡Adjusted ORs and 95% CIs derived by multivariate logistic regression models including all the listed variables; backward method was used to select significant variables on the 0.10 level.
§p values for trend derived by logistic regression analyses, treating categorical variables as continuous variables.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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