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Table 2 d Age range of participants distributed according to perceived risk for HIV, STIs, HPV and oral cancer development (in general) regarding oral sex

From: Exploring lay public and dental professional knowledge around HPV transmission via oral sex and oral cancer development

Question

Age group and number of participantsa

19–30

(57%)

31–50

(28%)

> 51 Total

(15%)

P valuesb

121

59

32,212

 

For the transmission of HIV,do you think oral sex is an activity of:

 No/low risk

113

(93.3%)

48

(81.3%)

19,180

(59.3%) (84.9%)

<.09

 Moderate/ high risk perceived

8

(06.6%)

11

(18.6%)

13 32

(40.6%) (15.1%)

For the transmission of sexually transmitted infectionsc,

do you think oral sex is an activity of:

 Low risk

11

(9.1%)

15

(25.4%)

11 37

(34.4%) (17.5%)

 

 Moderate/ high risk

110

(90.9%)

44

(74.5%)

21,175

(65.6%) (82.5%)

For the transmission of human papillomavirus (HPV),

do you think oral sex is an activity of:

 No/low risk

33

(27.3%)

18

(30.5%)

22 73

(68.7%) (34.5%)

<.05

 Moderate/ high risk

88

(72.7%)

41

(69.5%)

10,139

(31.3%) (65.5%)

For the development of oral cancer,

do you think oral sex is a risk?

 No

79

(65.2%)

47

(79.6%)

24,150

(75.0%) (70.7%)

<.01

 Yes

1

(00.8%)

1

(01.7%)

0 2

(0.1%)

 Don’t know

41

(34.0%)

11

(18.7%)

8 60

(25.0%) (28.3%)

  1. a Percentages in brackets refer to the total for that age group
  2. b P-values shown when applicable
  3. c Sexually Transmitted Infections include infections such as chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis
  4. dAdapted from Brondani, Cruz-Cabrera and Colombe, 2010.