TABLE 4.

Characteristics of Men by Frequency of Internet Use, Men Who Have Sex With Men, NHBS, 20 Cities, United States, 2014^*

	Internet Usage
	Never		Infrequent		Frequent
	n	%	n	%	n	%	P
Used noninjection drugs, past 12 mo
Yes	1510	50.5	1438	59.5	2503	59.3	<0.0001
No	1479	49.5	981	40.6	1721	40.7
STD, past 12 mo
Yes	234	7.8	363	15.0	750	17.8	<0.0001
No	2749	92.2	2053	85.0	3470	82.2
Anal sex with a male without a condom, past 12 mo
Yes	1636	54.8	1609	66.7	2955	70	<0.0001
No	1349	45.2	803	33.3	1267	30
HIV status of last male sex partner
Discordant	260	8.7	187	7.7	353	8.4	0.08
Concordant	1525	51.1	1333	55.2	2255	53.5
Unknown	1200	40.2	896	37.1	1611	38.2
Anal sex without a condom with last male sex partner by partners status
Discordant	76	2.6	80	3.3	162	3.8	0.52
Concordant	2532	84.9	2032	84.4	3532	83.8
Unknown	374	12.5	297	12.3	523	12.4
Type of male sex partners, past 12 mo
Main only	1024	34.3	395	16.3	506	12.0	<0.0001
Casual only	1118	37.4	835	34.5	1514	35.8
Main and casual	845	28.3	1188	49.1	2205	52.2
Exchanged sex, past 12 mo
Yes	388	13.0	229	9.5	438	10.4	<0.0001
No	2598	87.0	2188	90.5	3786	89.6
Tested for HIV, past 12 mo
Yes	1716	57.6	1631	67.6	3011	71.4	<0.0001
No	1264	42.4	782	32.4	1209	28.7
HIV test result†
Positive	673	24.9	437	20.0	781	20.1	<0.0001
Negative	2025	75.1	1745	80.0	3097	79.9
	Mean/Median		Mean/Median		Mean/Median
No. of male sex partners, past 12 mo
Mean (range)	6.1 (1–1000)		7.5 (1–500)		14.2 (1–1000)		<0.0001
Median (IQR)	2 (1–4)		4 (2–7)		5 (3–12)		<0.0001
No. of casual male anal sex partners with inconsistent condom use, past 12 mo
Mean (range)	1.1 (0–500)		1.8 (0–500)		3.5 (0–320)		<0.0001
Median (IQR)	0 (0–0)		0 (0–1)		0 (0–2)		<0.0001

Numbers might not add to total because of missing or unknown data. Percentages might not sum to 100 because of rounding.

^*Includes men who consented to and completed the survey, had a male sex partner in the past 12 months and reported their HIV status.

^†Limited to those with a valid HIV test result in NHBS.