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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Mens Health. 2012 Oct 22;7(4):274–284. doi: 10.1177/1557988312463419

Table 2.

Comparative ratings on perceived importance of health issues for NYC gay and bisexual men, 2011, N = 660

How would you rate the following health issues for NYC gay and bisexual men? Range: 1 - Least Important, 5 - Most Important
HIV & STDs
Drugs & Alcohol
Body Image
Mental Health
Smoking
Item's overall Median (IQR) 5 (4-5) 3 (2-4) 3 (1-4) 3 (2-4) 2 (1-3)
Item's mode response, % endorsing mode 5 60.0% 4 28.5% 1 26.2% 3 32.3% 1 44.5%
Z p Z p Z p Z p Z p





HIV & STDs -- --
Drugs & Alcohol -13.98 *** -- --
Body Image -14.47 *** -5.52 *** -- --
Mental Health -10.04 *** -0.95 0.34 -5.54 *** -- --
Smoking -17.78 *** -14.40 *** -9.06 *** -14.31 *** -- --

Paired comparisons using Wilcoxon signed rank tests.

*p < .05

*p < .01

***

p < .001

Significant values indicate that ratings differed from each other