. 2008 Jul 23;85(5):744–758. doi: 10.1007/s11524-008-9299-2

Table 4.

Percentage of participants self-reported communication of HIV-related topics before meeting for sex with most recent online and offline partner by HIV testing status

	Total sample	Never tested (A)	Tested (B)	HIV-positive (C)	χ²	Pairwise comparisons
	%	%	%	%	χ²	Pairwise comparisons
Online partner
n	2,483	399	1,959	112
Communicated several times	68^a	69^a	68^a	54^a	9.59^**	A, B > C
Discussed sexual things we like to do	85^b	80^b	85^b	90^b	8.29^*	B, C > A
His HIV status	65^c	55^c	68^c	48	37.71^***	B > A, C
My HIV status	64^d	53^d	67^d	49	40.41^***	B > A, C
Decided to avoid anal	38	45	38	21^c	22.06^***	A > B > C
Decided to use condoms	54	45	57^e	42	25.46^***	B > A, C
Decided to have UAI	14	11	13	33	35.30^***	C > A, B
Offline partner
n	2,089	283	1,690	104
Communicated several times	50^a	56^a	50^a	36^a	13.00^**	A > B > C
Discussed sexual things we like to do	55^b	51^b	56^b	64^b	6.18^*	C > A; B = A, C
His HIV status	50^c	34^c	53^c	41	36.37^***	B > A, C
My HIV status	50^d	35^d	53^d	44	31.29^***	B > A; C = A, B
Decided to avoid anal	36	38	36	31^c	1.70	n.s
Decided to use condoms	52	46	54^e	41	11.48^**	B > A, C
Decided to have UAI	16	14	16	27	10.65^**	C > A, B

Pairs of identical superscripts indicate a significant difference between the proportion of participants reporting the communication type within testing group using a sign test, p < 0.05 for participants who reported a most recent online and offline sexual partner.

^*p < 0.05

^**p < 0.01

^***p < 0.001

Total sample: all p < .001

Never tested: all p < .001

Tested: a–d = p < .001; e = p < .05

HIV-positive: a = p < .01; b = p < .001; c = p < .01