Table 2.
HIV-Related, Psychosocial, and Sexual Risk Factors Among Black Transgender Women and Black Men Who Have Sex with Men
| BTW (N=58) | BMSM (N=764) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | Mann–Whitney U test | df | p | |
| HIV prevention tools | |||||||
| Months since last HIV testa | 20.21 | 34.12 | 14.71 | 28.71 | −1.69 | 0.091 | |
| n | % | n | % | χ2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ever been tested for HIV | 42 | 72.41 | 636 | 83.25 | 3.46 | 1 | 0.063 |
| Heard of PrEP | 10 | 17.24 | 184 | 24.08 | 1.26 | 1 | 0.262 |
| Taken PrEP | 1 | 1.72 | 12 | 1.57 | 0.18 | 1 | 0.668 |
| Would take PrEP | 39 | 67.24 | 624 | 81.68 | 6.49 | 1 | 0.011 |
| M | SD | M | SD | t-test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIV-related risk factors | |||||||
| HIV testing knowledge | 2.86 | 1.16 | 3.77 | 1.20 | 5.55 | 819 | <0.001 |
| M | SD | M | SD | Mann–Whitney U test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Condom use self-efficacy | 5.04 | 1.17 | 5.21 | 1.07 | −0.67 | 0.500 | |
| HIV risk perceptions | 7.06 | 2.08 | 7.47 | 1.66 | −0.94 | 0.357 | |
| HIV status disclosure | 4.45 | 1.60 | 5.10 | 1.21 | −3.02 | 0.003 |
| M | SD | M | SD | t-test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychosocial and sexual risk factors | |||||||
| Depressive symptoms (CES-D) | 10.77 | 6.12 | 10.11 | 6.31 | −0.76 | 819 | .446 |
| M | SD | M | SD | Mann–Whitney U test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Condomless anal intercourse | 4.93 | 9.06 | 4.86 | 8.46 | −0.63 | 0.527 | |
| Number of times alcohol used before or during sex in past 3 months | 5.47 | 10.22 | 5.61 | 10.43 | −0.09 | 0.928 | |
| Number of times drugs used before or during sex in past 3 months | 5.93 | 13.12 | 5.43 | 13.57 | −0.40 | 0.404 |
| n | % | n | % | χ2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engaged in transactional sex | 40 | 68.97 | 334 | 43.71 | 14.83 | 1 | <0.001 |
| Used alcohol in past 3 months | 44 | 75.86 | 688 | 90.05 | 9.58 | 1 | 0.002 |
| Used marijuana in past 3 months | 37 | 63.79 | 416 | 54.45 | 2.29 | 1 | 0.131 |
| Used drugs (except marijuana) in past 3 months | 31 | 53.45 | 284 | 37.17 | 6.65 | 1 | 0.010 |
a
Within the study sample, 128 individuals (15.6%) said they never tested for HIV and therefore this variable could not be calculated for these individuals. Due to this fact, this variable was eliminated from the multivariable model.
CES-D, Center for Epidemiological Studies Short Depression Scale; PrEP, pre-exposure prophylaxis. BMSM, black men who have sex with men; BTW, black transgender women.