Human Papillomavirus Prevalence in Oral and Oropharyngeal Rinse and Gargle Specimens of Dental Patients and of an HIV-Positive Cohort from Pretoria, South Africa
Table 1
Demographic data for the study population.
Variable
Category
Overall (n = 221)
Group
Dental clinic (n = 149)
HIV clinic (n = 72)
value for the between-group test
n
%
n
%
n
%
Gender
Male
101
46.5
67
45.0
34
47.2
>0.99
Female
116
53.5
78
52.3
38
52.8
Unknown
4
Ethnicity
Black
210
96.8
138
95.2
72
100.0
0.41
Caucasian
4
1.8
4
2.8
0
0.0
Indian
2
0.9
2
1.4
0
0.0
Mixed heritage
1
0.5
1
0.7
0
0.0
Unknown
4
The age demographic represented by means, standard deviation, and range
