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. 2016 Jul 7;16:525. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3149-z

Table 7.

The extent that poor health outcomesa cluster within and across health domains for (i) men reporting sex exclusively with women (MSEW), (ii) men reporting sex with men (MSM), and (iii) and MSM who identified as gay in Natsal-3

Population: (i) Men who have sex exclusively with women (MSEW)
Clustering: Within domain Across domains
Domain: Physical health Sexual health Mental health
% (95 % CI) % (95 % CI) % (95 % CI) graphic file with name 12889_2016_3149_Figd_HTML.gif
No. of poor health outcomes reported within each domain:
 0 26.5 (25.2–27.9) 85.8 (84.7–86.9) 94.2 (93.5–94.9)
 1 40.4 (38.8–42.0) 13.3 (12.3–14.4) 5.8 (5.1–6.5)
 2 18.1 (16.8–19.4) 0.9 (0.6–1.2) N/A
 3 13.1 (12.1–14.3) 0.0 (0.0–0.1) N/A
 4 1.9 (1.5–2.4) N/A N/A
Total: 100 % Total: 100 % Total: 100 %
Population: (ii) Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Clustering: Within domain Across domains
Domain: Physical health Sexual health Mental health graphic file with name 12889_2016_3149_Fige_HTML.gif
% (95 % CI) % (95 % CI) % (95 % CI)
No. of poor health outcomes reported within each domain:
 0 30.1 (22.8–38.6) 64.6 (55.6–72.7) 86.0 (79.5–90.8)
 1 33.5 (25.3–42.8) 28.7 (21.3–37.4) 14.0 (9.2–20.5)
 2 15.6 (10.0–23.4) 6.1 (2.8–13.0) N/A
 3 17.8 (12.0–25.5) 0.6 (0.1–3.9) N/A
 4 3.1 (1.2–8.0) N/A N/A
Total: 100 % Total: 100 % Total: 100 %
Population: (iii) MSM who identified as gayb
Clustering: Within domain Across domains
Domain: Physical health Sexual health Mental health graphic file with name 12889_2016_3149_Figf_HTML.gif
% (95 % CI) % (95 % CI) % (95 % CI)
No. of poor health outcomes reported within each domain:
 0 31.4 (22.1–42.4) 61.1 (49.3–71.7) 80.1 (68.6–88.1)
 1 25.9 (17.1–37.2) 34.3 (24.4–45.7) 19.9 (11.9–31.4)
 2 11.1 (5.3–21.8) 4.6 (1.8–11.3) N/A
 3 26.7 (17.1–39.1) 0.0 (N/A) N/A
 4 4.9 (1.3–16.6) N/A N/A
Total: 100 % Total: 100 % Total: 100 %

aSee Table 1

bMSM who identified as gay in Natsal-3 are a subset of all MSM