Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants, stratified by HSV-2 shedding from the mouth
| All HSV-2 seropositive (n = 1388) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral HSV-2 isolated | ||||
| Yes (n = 44) | No (n = 1344) | Total | p Value | |
| *88 people are missing sexual orientation information. | ||||
| †3 women and 14 men. | ||||
| ‡56 women and 246 men. | ||||
| Age, median (range) | 33 (18–55) | 32 (15–76) | 32(15–76) | 0.48 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 27 (61%) | 606 (45%) | 633 (46%) | 0.03 |
| Female | 17 (39%) | 738 (55%) | 755 (54%) | |
| Race | ||||
| White | 40 (91%) | 1126 (84%) | 1166 (84%) | 0.2 |
| Other | 4 (9%) | 218 (16%) | 222 (16%) | |
| Sexual orientation* | ||||
| Heterosexual | 27 (61%) | 971 (77%) | 998 (77%) | 0.01 |
| Homosexual | 17 (39%)† | 285 (23%) | 302 (23%)‡ | |
| No of lifetime sex partners, median (range) | 15 (2–300) | 15 (1–998) | 15 (1–998) | 0.58 |
| Age at sexual debut, median (range) | 17 (12–23) | 17 (4–33) | 17 (4–33) | 0.92 |
| HIV status | ||||
| Positive | 12 (27%) | 155 (12%) | 167 (12%) | 0.002 |
| Negative | 32 (73%) | 1189 (88%) | 1221 (88%) | |
| Serology | ||||
| HSV-2 | 25 (57%) | 778 (58%) | 803 (58%) | 0.9 |
| HSV-1 HSV-2 | 19 (43%) | 566 (42%) | 585 (42%) | |
| No of oral cultures per person, median (range) | 32 (1–520) | 4 (1–665) | 4 (1–665) | 0.001 |