Identification of Human Herpesvirus 8 Sequences in Conjunctiva Intraepithelial Neoplasia and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Ugandan Patients

Table 2

Distribution of known variables between conjunctival neoplasia cases and controls.

	Conjunctiva; neoplastic tissues	Conjunctiva; control tissue	value
	N = 72 (%)	N = 60 (%)
Sex			0.724
M	31 (43.1)	24 (40.0)
F	41 (56.9)	36 (60.0)
Age			0.584
≤30 years	31 (43.1)	23 (38.3)
>30 years	41 (56.9)	37 (61.7)
HHV8 PCR			0.034
Positive	14 (19.4)	4 (6.7)
Negative	58 (80.5)	56 (93.3)
HIV serology^†			0.004
Positive	48 (66.7)	15 (38.5)
Negative	24 (33.3)	24 (61.5)

Two pingueculae, 1 pterygium, and 1 papilloma of the conjunctiva were included in the control group.
^†21 control subjects with undetermined HIV serology were not included.