Table 1.

Number of lifetime sexual partners and partners in past 6 months

	HIV positives N=45		HIV negatives N=468
	n	%	n	%	P value
Number of lifetime male sex partners (oral sex)
1–5	7	16.7	176	39.4	<0.01
6–10	8	19.0	128	28.6
11–50	20	47.6	106	23.7
>50	7	16.7	37	8.3
Number of lifetime male sex partners (anal sex)
1–5	9	21.4	197	44.8	<0.01
6–10	7	16.7	111	24.8
11–50	20	47.6	110	24.6
>50	6	14.3	29	6.5
Number of lifetime female sex partners
0	13	30.2	205	45.9	0.01
1	12	27.9	145	32.4
1–5	10	23.3	65	14.5
>5	8	18.6	32	7.2
Number of boyfriends (BF) in past 6 months
0	13	28.9	140	29.9	0.51
1	19	42.2	227	48.5
>1	13	28.9	101	21.6
Number of casual male partners in past 6 months
0	4	8.9	122	26.1	<0.01
1	11	24.4	82	17.6
2–5	14	31.1	190	40.7
>5	16	35.6	73	15.6
Number of female sex partners in past 6 months
0	33	73.3	344	73.5	0.91
1	7	15.6	80	17.1
>1	5	11.1	44	9.4

^*Fisher’s exact test