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. 2015 Aug 1;15:743. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2096-4

Table 2.

Comparisons of sexual behaviors among MSM who had and who had not been tested for HIV

Sexual behaviors in the past 3 months Total (n = 384) HIV testing in the past 6 months
No (n = 134) Yes (n = 250) p-value*
Mean number of sex partners 4.0 ± 5.5 3.2 ± 3.8 4.5 ± 6.2 0.02
Condom use at last sexual intercourse 313 (82.8) 98 (74.2) 215 (87.4) 0.001
Had a girlfriend 192 (50.0) 81 (60.4) 111 (44.4) 0.003
Had sexual intercourse with a girlfriend 118 (61.5) 45 (55.6) 73 (65.8) 0.15
Mean number of girlfriends you had sex with 1.7 ± 1.1 1.8 ± 1.3 1.7 ± 1.0 0.63
Condom use at last sex with a girlfriend 97 (82.2) 32 (71.1) 65 (89.0) 0.01
Had a boyfriend 239 (62.2) 66 (49.3) 173 (69.2) <0.001
Had sexual intercourse with boyfriends 205 (86.9) 53 (81.5) 152 (88.9) 0.14
Mean number of boyfriends you had sex with 2.4 ± 3.9 1.8 ± 2.0 2.6 ± 4.3 0.20
Condom use in last anal sex with a boyfriend 186 (92.1) 42 (82.4) 144 (95.4) 0.003
Lubricant use in last anal sex with a boyfriend 160 (79.6) 31 (62.0) 129 (85.4) <0.001
Had sexual intercourse with female sex workers 56 (14.6) 27 (20.1) 29 (11.6) 0.03
Condom use in last sex with female sex workers 52 (92.9) 24 (88.9) 28 (96.6) 0.34
Had sexual intercourse with male sex workers 38 (9.9) 13 (9.8) 25 (10.0) 0.94
Condom use in last sex with male sex workers 35 (94.6) 11 (91.7) 24 (96.0) 0.59
Sold sex to women 34 (8.9) 14 (10.4) 20 (8.0) 0.42
Condom use in last time selling sex to women 32 (97.0) 13 (92.9) 19 (100) 0.42
Sold sex to men 67 (17.4) 18 (13.4) 49 (19.6) 0.13
Condom use in last time selling sex to men 63 (94.0) 16 (88.9) 47 (95.9) 0.29
Always used lubricant when selling sex to men 41 (64.1) 9 (50.0) 32 (69.6) 0.14
Diagnosed with an STI in past 6 months 27 (7.1) 3 (2.3) 24 (9.6) 0.006

MSM men who have sex with men

Values are number (%) for categorical variables and mean ± SD for continuous variables

*Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test was used for categorical variables and Student’s t-test was used for continuous variables