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. 2025 Aug 25;20:33. doi: 10.1186/s13011-025-00661-x

Table 1.

Drug use during the previous three months among MSM who used drugs but did not engage in chemsex (DU) and MSM who engaged in chemsex (CX) at M0 (N = 2 493 participants)

Drug DU* (n = 562, 22.5%) CX** (n = 365, 14.6%) p-value Total (n = 927)
n (%) n (%) n (%)
Tobacco > 0.9
No 301 (54) 195 (53) 496 (53.5)
Yes 261 (46) 170 (47) 431 (46.5)
GHB/GBL < 0.001
No 317 (56) 126 (35) 443 (47.8)
Yes 245 (44) 239 (65) 484 (52.2)
Cathinones < 0.001
No 383 (68) 145 (40) 528 (57)
Yes 179 (32) 220 (60) 399 (43)
Amphetamines / Methamphetamines < 0.001
No 502 (89) 298 (82) 800 (86.3)
Yes 60 (11) 67 (18) 127 (13.7)
Ecstasy 0.012
No 237 (42) 185 (51) 422 (45.5)
Yes 325 (58) 180 (49) 505 (54.5)
Cocaine/Crack 0.6
No 249 (44) 168 (46) 417 (45)
Yes 313 (56) 197 (54) 510 (55)
Ketamine 0.2
No 454 (81) 283 (76) 737 (79.5)
Yes 108 (19) 82 (24) 190 (20.5)
Drug injection 0.010
No 538 (96) 334 (91.5) 872 (94)
Yes 24 (4) 31 (8.5) 55 (6)

* DU = MSM who used drugs but did not engage in chemsex

** CX = MSM who engaged in chemsex