Table 3.
Comparison of high-risk behaviors between Chinese MSM who had sexual debut with a male versus female sexual partner (N = 3588)
| High-risk behaviors | Total N = 3588 n (%) | Sexual debut |
χ2 statistics | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| With a man N = 2538 n (%) | With a woman N = 1050 n (%) | ||||
| Had hazardous alcohol drinking in the past 3 months (AUDIT-C score ≥4) | 56.129 | <0.001 | |||
| No | 3071 (85.6) | 2244 (88.4) | 827 (78.8) | ||
| Yes | 517 (14.4) | 294 (11.6) | 223 (21.2) | ||
| Had binge drinking in the past 3 months† | 22.686 | <0.001 | |||
| No | 2985 (83.2) | 2160 (85.1) | 825 (78.6) | ||
| Yes | 603 (16.8) | 378 (14.9) | 225 (21.4) | ||
| Alcohol drinking before sex in the past 3 months | 29.697 | <0.001 | |||
| No | 2850 (79.4) | 2076 (81.8) | 774 (73.7) | ||
| Yes | 738 (20.6) | 462 (18.2) | 276 (26.3) | ||
| Drug use in the past 3 months | 23.592 | <0.001 | |||
| No | 2600 (72.5) | 1780 (70.1) | 820 (78.1) | ||
| Yes | 988 (27.5) | 758 (29.9) | 230 (21.9) | ||
| Predominant anal role* | 115.169 | <0.001 | |||
| Exclusively insertive | 1131 (33.3) | 723 (29.9) | 408 (41.6) | ||
| Versatile | 1434 (42.2) | 982 (40.7) | 452 (46.0) | ||
| Exclusively receptive | 832 (24.5) | 710 (29.4) | 122 (12.4) | ||
| Had insertive anal sex with men in the past 3 months | 49.606 | <0.001 | |||
| No | 1414 (39.4) | 1094 (43.1) | 320 (30.5) | ||
| Yes | 2174 (60.6) | 1444 (56.9) | 730 (69.5) | ||
| Had condomless insertive anal sex with men in the past 3 months | 30.903 | <0.001 | |||
| No | 2801 (78.1) | 2044 (80.5) | 757 (72.1) | ||
| Yes | 787 (21.9) | 494 (19.5) | 293 (27.9) | ||
| Had receptive anal sex with men in the past 3 months | 59.162 | <0.001 | |||
| No | 1713 (47.7) | 1107 (43.6) | 606 (57.7) | ||
| Yes | 1875 (52.3) | 1431 (56.4) | 444 (42.3) | ||
| Had condomless receptive anal sex with men in the past 3 months | 6.731 | 0.009 | |||
| No | 2855 (79.6) | 1991 (78.5) | 864 (82.3) | ||
| Yes | 733 (20.4) | 547 (21.5) | 186 (17.7) | ||
| Had anal sex with HIV-infected men in the past 3 months | 0.199 | 0.655 | |||
| No | 3946 (97.4) | 2471 (97.4) | 1025 (97.6) | ||
| Yes | 92 (2.6) | 67 (2.6) | 25 (2.4) | ||
| Buying sex from male commercial sex worker in the past 3 months | 1.115 | 0.291 | |||
| No | 3488 (97.2) | 2472 (97.4) | 1016 (96.8) | ||
| Yes | 100 (2.3) | 66 (2.6) | 34 (3.2) | ||
| Had sex with women in the past 3 months | 383.578 | <0.001 | |||
| No | 3211 (89.5) | 2435 (95.9) | 776 (73.9) | ||
| Yes | 377 (10.5) | 103 (4.1) | 274 (26.1) | ||
| Had condomless vaginal sex with women in the past 3 months | 208.086 | <0.001 | |||
| No | 3351 (93.4) | 2468 (97.2) | 883 (84.1) | ||
| Yes | 237 (6.6) | 70 (2.8) | 167 (15.9) | ||
| Year of sexual activity | 207.863 | <0.001 | |||
| <7 | 1833 (51.1) | 1493 (58.8) | 340 (32.4) | ||
| ≥7 | 1755 (48.9) | 1045 (41.2) | 710 (67.6) | ||
| Lifetime number of male sexual partners | 30.992 | <0.001 | |||
| <10 | 1815 (50.6) | 1208 (47.6) | 607 (57.8) | ||
| ≤10 | 1773 (49.4) | 1330 (52.4) | 443 (42.2) | ||
| Lifetime number of female sexual partners | 852.627 | <0.001 | |||
| ≤1 | 2983 (83.1) | 2408 (94.9) | 575 (54.8) | ||
| ≥2 | 605 (16.9) | 130 (5.1) | 475 (45.2) | ||
| Ever tested for HIV | 0.475 | 0.491 | |||
| No | 1054 (29.4) | 737 (29.0) | 317 (30.2) | ||
| Yes | 2534 (70.6) | 1801 (71.0) | 733 (69.8) | ||
AUDIT-C alcohol use disorders identification test
*
Sample size reduces to 3397 due to 191 participants self-reported no anal sex with men in the past 3 months
†
Having 6 or more standard drinks on one occasion; a standard drink is defined as any drink that contains about 10 grams of pure alcohol [50 ml of spirits; or 40 ml (one small cup) of rice wine; or one can of beer; or 140 ml (one cup) of red wine]