Table 5.
Prevalence of HIV risk-related characteristics of transgender women as compared with MSM participants in three West African nations (N=2246)
| Total | MSM | Transgender women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIV risk-related characteristic | n | % | n | % | n | % | χ2pa |
| Sexual positionb | |||||||
| Insertive only | 801 | 47.9 | 770 | 59.4 | 31 | 8.2 | <0.001*** |
| Receptive only | 290 | 17.3 | 84 | 6.5 | 206 | 54.6 | <0.001*** |
| Versatile | 583 | 34.8 | 443 | 34.2 | 140 | 37.1 | 0.29 |
| Condomless anal sex, last anal sex episode | 583 | 26.6 | 438 | 24.9 | 145 | 33.3 | <0.001*** |
| Sold sex to male partner, past 12 months | 874 | 39.2 | 658 | 37.0 | 216 | 48.1 | <0.001*** |
| Living with HIV | 201 | 9.2 | 119 | 6.8 | 82 | 18.9 | <0.001*** |
*
p<0.05
**
p<0.01
***
p<0.001
a
p-value derived using Pearson's chi-square test
b
within the past 12 months in Togo/Burkina Faso and within the past 30 days in Côte d'Ivoire; MSM, men who have sex with men.