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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 20.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Infect. 2017 May 5;93(7):503–507. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2016-052963

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of Sino-Implant Study participants tested for STIs at one or more study visits (N=254) by study arm, Kingston, Jamaica

Immediate insertion arm (N=123)
n (%)
Delayed insertion arm (N=131)
n (%)
Single, never married 79 (64.2) 98 (74.8)
Did not complete high school 41 (33.3) 33 (25.2)
Hormonal contraception in the past month 29 (23.6) 36 (27.5)
More than one partner in the past month 8 (6.5) 7 (5.3)
Four or more alcoholic drinks in 1 day in the past week 4 (3.6) 5 (4.2)
Ever received money or gifts in exchange for sex 6 (4.9) 8 (6.1)
Positive prostate-specific antigen test 34 (27.6) 30 (22.9)
Self-reported unprotected sex in the past two days 21 (17.1) 19 (14.5)

Median (IQR) Median (IQR)

Age (years) 25 (21–29) 25 (21–30)
Parity 2 (1–3) 2 (1–3)