Table 3. HIV and HCV serologic status of sexual male partners and sexual practices with regular and casual partners in the six months before acute HCV infection diagnosis in HIV-infected men who have sex with men (self-administered questionnaires, HEPAIG study, 2006–2007).
| Regular sexual partners | Casual sexual partners | ||
| n = 27 | n = 49 | ||
| HIV serologic status | positive | 20 (74.0) | 40 (81.6) |
| negative | 7 (26.0) | - | |
| unknown | 0 | 9 (18.4) | |
| HCV serologic status | positive | 9 (33.3) | 3 (6.1) |
| negative | 14 (51.9) | - | |
| unknown | 4 (14.8) | 46 (93.9) | |
| Sexual practices | insertive anal sex | 19 (70.4) | 42 (85.7) |
| unprotected | 18 (94.7) | 36 (85.6) | |
| receptive anal sex | 25 (92.6) | 48 (98.0) | |
| unprotected | 24 (96.0) | 43 (89.6) | |
| fisting | 15 (55.6) | 35 (71.4) | |
| unprotected | 10 (66.7) | 20 (57.1) | |
| BDSM | |||
| never | 12 (44.4) | 23 (46.9) | |
| rarely | 8 (29.6) | 18 (36.7) | |
| often | 7 (25.9) | 8 (16.3) | |
| Bleeding during sexual practices | 15 (55.6) | 23 (46.9) |
Note. Data are no (%) of patients; BDSM, bondage, discipline, sadism, masochism.