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. 2014 Jul 2;17(1):18848. doi: 10.7448/IAS.17.1.18848

Table 3.

HIV prevalence and risk factors among MSM attending bathhouse in Tianjin, China

Univariate Multivariate


Variable HIV prevalence OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p
Had HIV testing
 Yes 11.2 (78/699) 1.0
 No 13.3 (125/943) 1.2 (0.9–1.6) 0.202
Age (years)
 <25 10.5 (23/220) 1.0 1.0
 25 9.8 (54/552) 0.9 (0.6–1.6) 0.779 1.2 (0.7–2.0) 0.530
 35 13.6 (75/553) 1.3 (0.8–2.2) 0.243 2.2 (1.3–3.8) 0.005
 >45 16.1 (51/317) 1.6 (1.0–2.8) 0.064 2.9 (1.6–5.3) <0.001
Marital status
 Unmarried/divorced or widowed 12.7 (89/699) 1.0
 Married/cohabitated 12.1 (114/943) 0.9 (0.7–1.3) 0.695
Residence
 Tianjin 10.1 (73/720) 1.0 1.0
 Other province 14.1 (130/922) 1.5 (1.1–2.0) 0.016 1.6 (1.1–2.2) 0.007
Ethnicity
 Han Chinese 12.4 (198/1600) 1.0
 Other 11.9 (5/42) 1.0 (0.4–2.5) 0.927
Length of stay in Tianjin
 Less than 3 months 14.4 (66/457) 1.0
 Between 3 months and 2 years 9.9 (16/162) 0.6 (0.4–1.2) 0.143
 More than 2 years 11.8 (121/1023) 0.8 (0.6–1.1) 0.163
Educational Level
 Completed middle school 15.2 (65/427) 1.0
 Some high school or above 11.4 (138/1215) 0.7 (0.5–1.0) 0.038
Had STIs in the past year
 Yes 21.3 (16/75) 2.0 (1.1–3.6) 0.018 2.1 (1.1–3.7) 0.008
 No 11.9 (187/1567) 1.0 1.0
Male sex worker (or money boy “MB”)
 Yes 28.4 (25/88) 3.1 (1.9–5.0) <0.001 4.4 (2.6–7.7) <0.001
 No 11.5 (178/1554) 1.0 1.0
AIDS knowledge
 Knowledgeable 12.3 (184/1497) 1.0
 Not knowledgeable 13.1 (19/145) 1.1 (0.6–1.8) 0.777
HIV risk awareness
 High 12.9 (9/70) 1.0
 Moderate 11.8 (72/611) 0.9 (0.4–1.9) 0.793
 Low or none 12.7 (122/961) 1.0 (0.5–2.0) 0.969
Had anal intercourse (AI)
 Yes 12.5 (179/1436) 1.0
 No 11.7 (24/206) 0.9 (0.6–1.5) 0.740
Number of AI in last week
 ≤2 11.8 (157/1328) 1.0
 >2 14.6 (46/314) 1.3 (0.9–1.8) 0.172
UAI with recent male sex partner
 Yes 13.8 (89/645) 1.0
 No 11.4 (114/997) 0.8 (0.6–1.1) 0.156
UAI in the past 6 months
 Yes 13.2 (136/1032) 1.0
 No 11.0 (67/610) 0.9 (0.8–1.1) 0.192
Had group sex
 Yes 14.5 (27/186) 1.0
 No 12.1 (176/1456) 0.8 (0.5–1.3) 0.344
UAI in group sex
 Yes 19.7 (24/122) 1.0
 No 11.8 (179/1520) 0.7 (0.6–0.9) 0.012
Had AI with commercial male sex partner(s)
 Yes 12.9 (21/163) 1.0
 No 12.3 (182/1479) 0.9 (0.6–1.5) 0.832
UAI in the last commercial male sex
 Yes 15.9 (7/44) 1.0
 No 12.3 (196/1598) 0.7 (0.3–1.7) 0.470
UAI in commercial male sex (past 6 months)
 Yes 16.0 (12/75) 1.0
 No 12.2 (191/1567) 0.9 (0.6–1.2) 0.329
Had sex with any female partner(s)
 Yes 11.4 (63/555) 1.0
 No 12.9 (140/1087) 1.2 (0.8–1.6) 0.374
Unprotected sexual intercourse with last female partner
 Yes 12.3 (50/405) 1.0
 No 12.4 (153/1237) 1.0 (0.7–1.4) 0.990
Unprotected sexual intercourse with any female partner (past 6 months)
 Yes 12.0 (55/458) 1.0
 No 12.5 (148/1184) 1.0 (0.9–1.2) 0.786