Table 1. Univariate and multivariate analysis of the association between selected characteristics and prior HIV testing behavior in 492 men who have sex with men in Chongqing City, China, 2010.
| Variables | Number of participants N=492 |
Never tested N=205 (%) |
Ever tested N=287 (%) |
Crude Odds Ratio (95%CI) |
P-value | Adjusted Odds Ratio (95%CI) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median age in years | 24 (21-28) | 23 | 24 | 1.03 (0.99-1.06) | 0.1 | ||
| (Interquartile range) | (20-28) | (22-28) | |||||
| Ethnicity | 0.2 | ||||||
| Han majority | 480 | 198 (41.2) | 282 (58.8) | 1.00 | |||
| Minorities | 12 | 7 (58.3) | 5 (41.7) | 0.45 (0.14-1.48) | |||
| Education | 0.004 | 0.008 | |||||
| High school or below | 168 | 85(50.6) | 83 (49.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| College or above | 324 | 120(37.0) | 204 (63.0) | 1.76(1.19-2.59) | 1.74 (1.16-2.62) | ||
| Marital status | 0.8 | ||||||
| Single | 429 | 176 (41.0) | 253 (59.0) | 1.00 | |||
| Ever Married | 63 | 29 (46.0) | 34 (54.0) | 1.07 (0.62-1.86) | |||
| Having a cohabiting… | 0.03 | 0.06 | |||||
| male sexual partner | 90 | 28 (31.1) | 62 (68.9) | 1.00 | |||
|
female sexual partner or
living alone |
402 | 177 (44.0) | 225 (56.0) | 0.57 (0.35-0.94) | 0.61 (0.36-1.01) | ||
| Occupation | 0.2 | ||||||
| Student | 124 | 57 (46.0) | 67 (54.0) | 1.00 | |||
| Non-student | 368 | 148 (40.2) | 220 (59.8) | 1.36 (0.90-2.05) | |||
| Chongqing Hu Kou or registered residence | 0.8 | ||||||
| No | 107 | 47 (43.9) | 60 (56.1) | 1.00 | |||
| Yes | 385 | 158 (41.0) | 227 (59.0) | 1.06 (0.68-1.65) | |||
|
Having a health insurance
plan |
0.8 | ||||||
| No | 224 | 96 (42.9) | 128 (57.1) | 1.00 | |||
| Yes | 268 | 109 (40.7) | 159 (59.3) | 1.05 (0.72-1.51) | |||
| Ever having sex with a woman | |||||||
| No | 294 | 122 (41.5) | 172 (58.5) | 1.00 | |||
| Yes | 198 | 83 (41.9) | 20 (18-22) | 115(58.1) | 1.10 (0.76-1.60) | ||
|
Age at first sex with a man
(median, IQR) (year) |
20 | 20 (18-23) | 0.98 (0.94-1.02) | 0.2 | |||
| Self-reported sexual orientation | 0.2 | ||||||
| Homosexual | 331 | 130 (39.3) | 201 (60.7) | 1.00 | |||
| Bisexual | 161 | 75 (46.6) | 86 (53.4) | 0.78 (0.53-1.15) | |||
| Preferred role in anal sex* | |||||||
| Insertive | 162 | 55 (34.0) | 107 (66.0) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Almost equally | 180 | 79 (43.9) | 101 (56.1) | 0.62 (0.40-0.97) | 0.04 | 0.78 (0.49-1.26) | 0.3 |
| Receptive | 143 | 67 (46.9) | 76 (53.1) | 0.55 (0.34-0.88) | 0.01 | 0.58 (0.35-0.94) | 0.03 |
| Number of male partners in the past 6 months | 0.1 | ||||||
| ≤1 | 219 | 82 (37.4) | 137(62.6) | 1.00 | |||
| >1 | 273 | 123 (45.1) | 150 (54.9) | 0.74 (0.51-1.07) | |||
| Ever exchanging sex for money with a male partner in the past 6 months | 0.1 | ||||||
| No | 479 | 197 (41.1) | 282 (58.9) | 1.00 | |||
| Yes | 13 | 8 (61.5) | 5 (38.5) | 0.38 (0.12-1.23) | |||
| Number of female partners in the past 6 months | 0.8 | ||||||
| 0 | 436 | 181 (41.3) | 256 (58.7) | 1.00 | |||
| ≥1 | 56 | 25 (44.6) | 31 (55.4) | 0.94 (0.53-1.68) | |||
| Condom use with the recent male partner during the past 6 months § | 0.01 | ||||||
| No | 30 | 20 (66.7) | 10 (33.3) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 444 | 176 (39.6) | 268 (60.4) | 3.05 (1.37-6.81) | 0.007 | 2.87 (1.25-6.62) | |
| Self-perceived HIV risk via homosexual contacts | 0.07 | 0.08 | |||||
| Moderate or none | 243 | 92 (37.9) | 151 (62.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Great | 248 | 112 (45.2) | 136 (54.8) | 0.71 (0.49-1.03) | 0.71 (0.48-1.04) |
*
7 men reported oral sex or masturbation only
§
474 men reported having anal sex with the recent male partner during the past 6 months