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. 2024 May 20;10:e46845. doi: 10.2196/46845

Table 2.

Number of male clients seen in an average working week among female sex workers by cases with oropharyngeal gonorrhea and controls (N=664).


Cases (n=83) Controls (n=581) P valuea
Number of male clients seen in an average working week, median (IQR)b 10 (5-15) 10 (6-20) .18
Tongue kissed male clients in an average working week, n (%) .02

No 9 (10.8) 146 (25.1)

Yes 51 (61.4) 348 (59.9)

Declined to report 23 (27.7) 87 (15)
Number of clients tongue kissed, median (IQR) 2 (0-9) 2 (0-6) .17
Proportion of clients tongue kissed (%), median (IQR)c 40 (10-90) 50 (10-80) .43
Perform fellatio on male clients in an average working week, n (%) .05

No 2 (2.4) 54 (9.3)

Yes 63 (75.9) 447 (76.9)

Declined to report 18 (21.7) 80 (13.8)
Number of clients performed fellatio on, median (IQR) 5 (2-9) 7 (2-14) .12
Proportion of clients performed fellatio on (IQR)c 90 (50-100) 70 (30-99) .02
Perform condomless fellatio on male clients in an average working week, n (%) <.001

No 17 (20.5) 346 (59.6)

Yes 48 (57.8) 144 (24.8)

Declined to report 18 (21.7) 91 (15.7)
Number of clients performed condomless fellatio on, median (IQR) 1 (0-3) 0 (0-0) <.001
Proportion of clients performed condomless fellatio on (IQR)c 50 (40-80) 50 (20-90) .29
Receive cunnilingus from male clients in an average working week, n (%) .14

No 5 (6) 75 (12.9)

Yes 57 (68.7) 422 (72.6)

Declined to report 21 (25.3) 84 (14.5)
Number of clients received cunnilingus from, median (IQR) 3 (1-7) 4 (1-8) .62
Proportion of clients received cunnilingus from (%), median (IQR)c 40 (10-50) 50 (20-70) .08
Vaginal sex with clients in an average working week, n (%) .24

No 9 (10.8) 54 (9.3)

Yes 45 (54.2) 428 (73.7)

Declined to report 29 (34.9) 99 (17)
Number of clients had vaginal sex with, median (IQR) 5 (2-15) 8 (3-15) .11
Proportion of clients had vaginal sex with (IQR)c 90 (60-100) 95 (80-100) .69
Condomless vaginal sex with clients in an average working week, n (%) .03

No 43 (51.8) 392 (67.5)

Yes 17 (20.5) 78 (13.4)

Declined to report 23 (27.7) 111 (19.1)
Number of clients had condomless vaginal sex with, median (IQR) 0 (0-0) 0 (0-0) .001
Proportion of clients had condomless vaginal sex with (IQR)c 20 (20-70) 50 (10-90) .37
Anal sex with clients in an average working week, n (%) .40

No 45 (54.2) 395 (68)

Yes 6 (7.2) 77 (13.3)

Declined to report 32 (38.6) 109 (18.8)
Number of clients had anal sex with, median (IQR) 0 (0-0) 0 (0-0) .92
Proportion of clients had anal sex with (%), median (IQR)c 35 (5-80) 10 (5-30) .21
Condomless anal sex with clients in an average working week, n (%) .03

No 8 (9.6) 127 (21.9)

Yes 10 (12) 56 (9.6)

Declined to report 65 (78.3) 398 (68.5)
Number of clients had condomless anal sex with, median (IQR)c 0 (0-0) 0 (0-0) .37
Proportion of clients had condomless anal sex with (IQR)c 100 (100-100) 100 (99-100) N/Ad
Use sex toys with clients in an average working week, n (%) .19

No 41 (49.4) 321 (55.2)

Yes 12 (14.5) 147 (25.3)

Declined to report 30 (36.1) 113 (19.4)
Number of clients had sex with involving toys, median (IQR) 0 (0-0) 0 (0-0) .57
Proportion of clients had sex with involving toys (IQR)c 20 (10-50) 10 (5-20) .14

aP values were calculated excluding those who declined to report each practice using the chi-square test for categorical variables and Mann-Whitney U test for continuous variables.

bThere were 15 cases and 71 controls who declined to report the number of clients and, thus, were excluded from this analysis.

cPartner number for each activity was calculated by multiplying the proportion of clients with whom they performed each activity by the total number of clients seen in an average working week.

dN/A: not applicable.