Umm Brian, I don't think the figures quoted from the Lancet are correct. the

[quote]The take away statement in the Lancet article was that clearance time OF ANY HPV, was 7-52 months, but for the one that we all worry about HPV 16 it was 12-19 months which correlates with the cervical clearance experience of 16 & 18. Very common #'s 6 and 11 can take years to clear, the ones known for genital warts. [/quote]

It appears to be a layout issue but the figure you are reading as 7-52 months is actually a single median figure of 7.52 months (ie less than 8 months) for ANY HPV and 12.19 months for HPV 16

I can find no suggestion that time to clear is any different for men than for women. And certainly not 4 years