Detection of Human Papillomavirus Genotypes and Epstein-Barr Virus in Nasopharyngeal Carcinomas at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana

Table 1

Relationship between demographical parameters of NPC cases and EBV/HPV presence .

Parameters	NPC cases; (%)	EBV+; (%)	EBV−; (%)	OR; (95% CI)	value	HPV+; (%)	HPV−; (%)	OR; (95% CI)	value
Age
≤40 years	41 (56.9)	12 (16.7)	29 (40.3)	0.58	0.416	7 (9.7)	34 (47.2)	1.42	0.057
>40 years	31 (43.1)	6 (8.3)	25 (34.7)	(0.19–1.77)		7 (9.7)	24 (33.3)	(0.44–4.57)
Gender
Male	38 (52.8)	7 (9.7)	31 (43.1)	2.12	0.801	10 (13.9)	28 (38.9)	0.37	0.145
Female	34 (47.2)	11 (15.3)	23 (31.9)	(0.71–6.30)		4 (5.6)	30 (41.7)	(0.11–1.33)

Note. HPV−: HPV negative NPC cases; HPV+: HPV positive NPC cases; EBV−: EBV negative NPC cases; EBV+: EBV positive NPC cases; : number of cases; : total number of cases; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.