Pre-diagnostic dynamic HPV16 IgG seropositivity and risk of oropharyngeal cancer: Methodologic issues

We thank Erfan Ayubi and Saeid Safiri for their comments on our manuscript, Pre-diagnostic dynamic HPV16 IgG seropositivity and risk of oropharyngeal cancer, published in Oral Oncology in October 2017. In particular, we appreciate their identification of a transcription error in the upper bound of the confidence interval for the adjusted odds ratio of seropositivity with years prior to diagnosis in the 0 –2 years category. The reported result of OR = 85.2, CI = 13.7–68.5 should have been OR = 85.2, CI = 13.7–684.6.
Source: Oral Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: Letter to the editor Source Type: research