a significant trendp = 0.0067
Similarly, when examining the yearly occurrence of OPSCC in males, we found a significant trend for both p16 positive cases (Spearman r = 0.9286, p = 0.0067; linear regression R 2 = 0.8675, p = 0.0023) and p16 negative cases (Spearman r = 0.8469, p = 0.0238; linear regression R 2 = 0.7591, p = 0.01) (Fig. 1 C).