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. 2016 Feb 10;11(2):e0145670. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145670

Table 3. Factors associated with PrEP Awareness and Acceptance in individuals living with HIV with HIV- Main Partners (164).

Awareness: Have you ever heard of PrEP before?
  Yes N (%) No N (%) p-value
Sexual Orientation(Non MSM includes heterosexual, lesbian, and questioning/don’t’ know) Non- MSM (116) 14 (12.1) 102 (87.9) 0.007 
MSM (43) 13 (30.2) 30 (69.8)
Gender Male (91) 20 (22.0) 71 (78.0) 0.044
Female (70) 7 (10.0) 63 (90.0)
Age Group <35 (38) 10 (26.3) 28 (73.7) 0.068
≥35 (124) 17 (13.7) 107 (86.3)
Have you missed any medicine in past 7 days? Yes (51) 4 (7.8) 47 (92.2) 0.049
No (99) 20 (20.2) 79 (79.8)
Condom use during last sexual encounter Yes (119) 17 (14.3) 102 (85.7) 0.118
No (40) 10 (25.0) 30 (75.0)
Acceptance: How likely would you be to recommend PrEP to an HIV- partner)?
  Extremely Likely/Likely Extremely Unlikely/ Unlikely/Unsure p-value
I believe that PrEP will reduce the risk of HIV transmission to my partner Strongly Agree/ Agree (137) 128 (93.4) 9 (6.6) <0.001 
Strongly Disagree/ Disagree/ Undecided (26) 17 (65.4) 9 (34.6)
Have you missed any medicine in past 7 days? Yes (53) 43 (81.1) 10(18.9) 0.049 
No (99) 91 (91.9) 8(8.1)
Condom use in last month Every time (64) 54 (84.4) 10 (15.6) 0.196
Not every time (100) 91 (91.0) 9 (9.0)

Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05). Some variables have missing data.