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. 2008 Jul 22;8:250. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-250

Table 3.

Psychosocial characteristics of men who have sex with men (MSM) versus heterosexual men (non-MSM) among sexually active male students, China

MSM (n = 68) Non-MSM (n = 1756) Crude OR(95%CI) b P Value


n % a n % a
Risk awareness for HIV
  No/low possible 43 63.2 1333 75.9 1
 Some-high possible/not sure 22 32.4 353 20.1 1.93(1.14–3.27) 0.014
Approve of commercial sex
  Disapprove/not sure 25 36.8 1038 59.1 1
  Approve 34 50.0 593 33.8 2.38(1.41–4.03) 0.001
HIV knowledge scale
  High(9–10) 34 50.0 1231 70.1 1
  Low(0–8) 31 45.6 493 28.1 2.28(1.38–3.75) 0.001
Condom–decision scale
  High(10–12) 23 33.8 895 51.0 1
  Low(3–9) 38 55.9 724 41.2 2.04(1.21–3.46) 0.008

aThe percentage of respondents may not add up to 100% due to non-response for some items.

b OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.