Table 2.
Bivariate analyses examining the relationship between demographic factors, HIV risk factors and interest in PrEP (N=259)*.
| Interested (N=131) n (%) | Not interested (N=128) n (%) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||
| Race† | |||
| White | 60 (53.1) | 60 (60.0) | 0.253 |
| African American | 46 (40.7) | 38 (38.0) | |
| Other races or multiple races | 7 (6.2) | 2 (2.0) | |
| Ethnicity‡ | |||
| Latinx | 33 (27.5) | 19 (18.4) | 0.151 |
| Not Latinx | 87 (72.5) | 84 (80.6) | |
| Age | |||
| Median [min, max] | 31 [18.0, 68.0] | 29 [18.0, 57.0] | 0.145 |
| Referral Source | |||
| Self-referred | 71 (54.2) | 81 (63.3) | 0.175 |
| Clinical provider-referred§ | 60 (45.8) | 47 (36.7) | |
| Intake nurse§ | 30 (50.0) | 22 (46.8) | 0.764 |
| MD, NP, PA§ | 7 (11.7) | 5 (10.6) | |
| Public health nurse§ | 21 (35.0) | 16 (34.0) | |
| Substance use treatment provider§ | 2 (3.3) | 4 (8.5) | |
| Injection drug use¶ | |||
| Within the past 12 months | 6 (4.6) | 10 (7.8) | 0.385 |
| Outside the past 12 months | 38 (29.0) | 30 (23.4) | |
| Never | 87 (66.4) | 88 (68.8) | |
| Multiple female sex partners | |||
| Yes | 99 (75.6) | 83 (64.8) | 0.080 |
| No | 32 (24.4) | 45 (35.2) | |
| MSM | |||
| Yes | 35 (26.7) | 12 (9.4) | <0.001 |
| No | 96 (73.3) | 116 (90.6) | |
| Inconsistent condom use | |||
| Yes | 62 (47.3) | 58 (45.3) | 0.841 |
| No | 69 (52.7) | 70 (54.7) | |
| Recent STI history | |||
| Yes | 34 (26.0) | 27 (21.1) | 0.438 |
| No | 97 (74.0) | 101 (78.9) | |
| Sexual contact with HIV positive person | |||
| Yes | 2 (1.5) | 2 (1.5) | 1 |
| No | 129 (98.5) | 126 (98.4) | |
| Paid for sex | |||
| Yes | 6 (4.6) | 3 (2.3) | 0.500 |
| No | 125 (95.4) | 99 (97.7) | |
| Engaged in sex work | |||
| Yes | 12 (9.2) | 0 (7.8) | 0.825 |
| No | 119 (90.8) | 118 (92.2) | |
| Partner is injection drug user | |||
| Yes | 2 (1.5) | 3 (2.3) | 0.681 |
| No | 129 (98.5) | 125 (97.7) | |
| Shares needles | |||
| Yes | 6 (4.6) | 11 (8.6) | 0.218 |
| No | 125 (95.4) | 117 (91.4) | |
| Total number of risk factors | |||
| Mean (SD) | 2.31 (1.01) | 1.95 (0.98) | 0.004 |
*
One individual who did not report interest was excluded. Percentages presented in this table don’t add up to 100% due to rounding. Some explanatory variables have differing Ns as specified in footnotes.
†
N= 213. Fisher’s Exact Test. Individuals with missing race were excluded.
‡
N= 223. Fisher’s Exact Test. Individuals with missing ethnicity were excluded.
§
N=107. Fisher’s Exact Test.
¶
Those who denied injection drug use were grouped within “never”.