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 3
Distribution of kissing and sexual behaviour in both participant groups.
Variable
Category
Overall
Group
Dental clinic
HIV clinic
value for the between-group test
n = 221 (%)
n = 149 (%)
n = 72 (%)
Age at first open mouth kiss
10–14 years
20
9.7
17
12.6
3
4,2
0.039 (phi = 0.22)
15–19 years
134
64.7
81
60.0
53
73.6
20–24 years
39
18.8
24
17.8
15
20.8
25–30 years
6
2.9
6
4.4
0
0.0
30 years or older
8
3.9
7
5.2
1
1.4
Unknown
14
Number of people kissed with open mouth in last 2 years
0
21
10.4
0
0.0
21
29.2
<0.0001 (V = 0.46)
1
85
42.3
61
47.3
24
33.3
2–3
52
25.9
36
27.9
16
22.2
4 or more
43
21.4
32
24.8
14
15.3
Unknown
20
Age of first sexual encounter
10–14 years
19
9.1
12
8.8
7
9.7
0.81
15–19 years
126
60.3
81
59.1
45
62.5
20 years or older
16
30.6
44
32.1
20
27.8
Unknown
12
Number of OS partners (lifetime)
0
112
51.6
76
52.4
36
50.0
0.64
1–2
61
28.1
38
25.5
23
31.9
3 or more
44
20.3
31
20.8
13
18.1
Unknown
12
Number of partners given OS to (lifetime)-grouped (if lifetime OS partners ≥ 1; n = 105)
