Evidence of High-Risk Human Papillomavirus in Esophageal Cancer in East Azerbaijan Province, Northwest of Iran

Table 2

Correlation between the presence of HPV subtype and the clinical and pathological characteristics in HPV-positive samples (N = 20).

Pathological characteristics of esophagus cancer, N (%)	Age average (year)	Gender, N (%)	HPV-16 (+), N (%)	HPV-18 (+), N (%)
EADC 6 (30%)	55.6	M 3 (50%)	2 (66.66%)	1 (33.33%)
		F 3 (50%)	2 (66.66%)	1 (33.33%)
ESCC 14 (70%)	47.28	M 6 (42.85%)	1 (16.66%)	5 (83.33%)
		F 8 (57.14%)	4 (50%)	4 (50%)

HPV, human papillomavirus; ESCC, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; EADC, esophageal adenocarcinoma; F, female; M, male.