Risk factors for adult-onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: To evaluate risk factors strongly associated with adult-onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (AO-RRP). STUDY DESIGN: Prospective, age- and sex-matched, case control. METHODS: Patients with AO-RRP and controls completed a computer-based, 89-item questionnaire across three academic institutions. RESULTS: Forty-eight AO-RRP patients were compared to 73 controls; 43 of the 48 AO-RRP patients were male (89.5%). The difference in the median number of lifetime sexual partners between AO-RRP (15) and controls (10) was significant (P = 0.0387). Additionally, an increased number of lifetime sexual partners (≥ 26) was associated with AO-RRP. No significant difference for the number of lifetime oral sex partners was observed between groups. Increased comorbidity, as quantified by the Charlson Comorbidity Index, was observed in patients with AO-RRP. AO-RRP and control groups were similar across many other variables, including birth history, smoking history, alcohol use, drug use, education, income, and the Short Form Health Survey scores. CONCLUSIONS: AO-RRP was not associated with previously proposed risk factors for juvenile-onset RRP and may be associated with an increased number of lifetime sexual partners.

publication date

  • June 10, 2014

Research

keywords

  • Papillomavirus Infections
  • Respiratory Tract Infections
  • Risk Assessment
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84907945032

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1002/lary.24730

PubMed ID

  • 24764146

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 124

issue

  • 10