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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J STD AIDS. 2015 Sep 18;27(11):955–966. doi: 10.1177/0956462415602418

Table 3.

Syndemic Conditions Among Sexually Active Trans Masculine Adults Who Have Sex with Men in Massachusetts (n=173).

Total Social Gender
Transition
No Social Gender
Transition
Comparing TMSM with
and without social
gender transition
N=173 N=143 N=30

Syndemic Variables N % N % N % χ2 (df) p-value
 Drank 5 or More Drinks at 1 Time – Last 3 Months 70 40.5 56 39.2 14 46.7 3.27 (1) 0.07
 Polydrug Use – 3 or More Drugs 17 9.8 14 9.8 3 10.0 0.12 (1) 0.73
 Depression Diagnosis – Lifetime 95 54.9 78 54.5 17 56.7 0.54 (1) 0.46
 Anxiety Diagnosis – Lifetime 86 49.7 69 48.3 17 56.7 3.17 (1) 0.08
 Intimate Partner Violence – Lifetime 71 41.0 60 42.0 11 36.7 1.77 (1) 0.18
 Childhood Abuse (Physical and/or sexual age < 15) 86 49.7 69 48.3 17 56.7 2.02 (1) 0.16
Syndemic (range 0-6) t-test (df) p-value
 Mean (SD) 2.3 1.5 2.3 1.5 2.5 1.4 1.83 (172) 0.07
 Median (IQR) 2 2.0 2 2.0 2 2.0
Number of syndemics 0 18 10.4 17 11.9 1 3.3 χ2 (df) p-value
1 38 22.0 31 21.7 7 23.3 41.25 (6) <0.0001
2 45 26.0 35 24.5 11 36.7
3 33 19.1 29 20.3 4 13.3
4 21 12.1 18 12.6 3 10.0
5 14 8.1 9 6.3 5 16.7
6 3 1.7 3 2.1 0 0.0