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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 29.
Published in final edited form as: Transfusion. 2023 Aug 29;63(10):1872–1884. doi: 10.1111/trf.17515

Table 3.

Sexual Behavior with Male Sex Partners and PrEP Use Self-reported by MSM in the HIV Risk Questionnaire

Behavior Category Behavior in Past Month*
Behavior in Past 3 Months
Tested HIV-negative
HIV-positive Tested HIV-negative
HIV-positive
Used PrEP No PrEP Use p-value Used PrEP No PrEP Use p-value




N=750 (%) N=803 (%) N=4 (%) N=763 (%) N=789 (%) N=4 (%)

# male partners 0 21 (2.8) 30 (3.7) <0.001 - - - <0.001 -
1 204 (27.2) 571 (71.1) 2 (50) 103 (13.5) 492 (62.4) 2 (50)
2 147 (19.6) 96 (12.0) 1 (25) 103 (13.5) 105 (13.3) -
3–5 284 (37.9) 84 (10.5) - 240 (31.5) 136 (17.2) 1 (25)
6–10 74 (9.9) 19 (2.4) - 208 (27.3) 38 (4.8) -
>10 20 (2.7) 3 (0.4) 1 (25) 109 (14.3) 17 (2.2) 1 (25)
Missing data§ 0 0 - 0 1 (0.1) -

Type of sex No male sex partners 21 (2.8) 30 (3.7) <0.001 - - - <0.001 -
No anal sex 43 (5.7) 122 (15.2) - 28 (3.7) 83 (10.5) -
Always used condoms 57 (7.6) 82 (10.2) - 49 (6.4) 91 (11.5) -
Sometimes used condoms 224 (29.9) 124 (15.4) 3 (75) 321 (42.1) 166 (21.0) 3 (75)
Never used condoms 400 (53.3) 442 (55.0) 1 (25) 363 (47.6) 444 (56.3) 1 (25)
Missing data§ 5 (0.7) 3 (0.4) - 2 (0.3) 5 (0.6) -

Sex with HIV-positive partner Yes 70 (9.3) 18 (2.2) <0.001 1 (25) 86 (11.3) 22 (2.8) <0.001 1 (25)
No 659 (87.9) 755 (94.0) 3 (75) 675 (88.5) 766 (97.1) 3 (75)
No male sex partners** 21 (2.8) 30 (3.7) - - - -
Missing data§ 0 0 - 2 (0.3) 1 (0.1) -
*

4 HIV-negative participants declined to answer whether they took PrEP in the past month

5 HIV-negative participants declined to answer whether they took PrEP in the past 3 months

Chi-square statistic comparing PrEP-users to non-users

§

Excluded from calculation of chi-square statistic

Combined with “No anal sex” category for calculation of chi-square statistic

**

Combined with “No” category for calculation of chi-square statistic