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 |
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| N=173 | N=143 | N=30 | |||||||
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| 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 |