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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 14.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2010 Mar;37(3):147–152. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181bd0ff0

TABLE 3.

Longitudinal Patterns of Anal Receptive and Insertive Behavior (Versatility) Over Multiple STD Clinic Visits, Public Health—Seattle and King County STD Clinic, 2001–2006

Visit % Receptive % Versatile % Insertive % Total Population Median Time to Visit in Months (IQR)
1 12.3 63.4 24.2 100.0
1–2* 6.0 79.5 14.5 34.2 7 (4, 14)
1–3 2.6 86.7 10.7 16.1 14 (9, 22)
1–4 2.0 90.2 7.8 9.4 21 (14, 30)
1–5 1.5 90.8 7.7 5.4 25 (17, 33)
1–6 0.7 93.1 6.2 3.4 29 (22, 38)
*

Classification of men as receptive only or insertive only is cumulative over both visits (e.g. men classified as being receptive only denied having insertive anal sex at any of both visits).