Table 1. Participant characteristics (n = 186 MSM)a.
| Characteristic | Valueb |
|---|---|
| Age–median (IQR) | 31 (26, 36) |
| Clinical site | |
| St. Michael’s Hospital | 160 (86.0) |
| The Ottawa Hospital | 21 (11.3) |
| Toronto General Hospital | 5 (2.7) |
| Education–frequency (%) | |
| High school diploma or less | 23 (12.4) |
| College or undergraduate degree | 91 (48.9) |
| Graduate or professional degree | 72 (38.7) |
| Ethnicity–frequency (%) | |
| White | 85 (48.9) |
| Non-White | 89 (51.2) |
| Perceived HIV risk–frequency (%) | |
| No/low risk | 90 (55.2) |
| Moderate/high risk | 75 (44.8) |
| Medication coverage–frequency (%) | |
| Private insurance | 64 (43.5) |
| Other | 83 (56.5) |
| Positive baseline diagnostic tests–frequency (%) | |
| Syphilis | 4 (3.5) |
| Hepatitis B | 0 (0.0) |
| Hepatitis C | 1 (0.6) |
| Chlamydia (any site) | 5 (3.2) |
| Gonorrhea (any) | 5 (3.2) |
| Any bacterial sexually transmitted infection | 14 (8.5) |
| Highest risk type of incident sexual exposure–frequency (%) | |
| Condomless receptive anal | 104 (55.9) |
| Condomless insertive anal | 82 (44.1) |
| Sexual behavior in past six months–median (IQR) | |
| Number of male sexual partners | 6 (3, 11) |
| HIV+ partners | 0 (0, 1) |
| HIV status of partner unknown | 1 (0, 5) |
| Number of condomless sexual encounters with HIV+ partner | |
| Anal receptive | 0 (0, 0) |
| Anal insertive | 0 (0, 0) |
| Number of condomless sexual encounters with HIV- partner | |
| Anal receptive | 0 (0, 1) |
| Anal insertive | 0 (0, 1) |
| Number of condomless sexual encounters with unknown status partner | |
| Anal receptive | 0 (0, 1) |
| Anal insertive | 0 (0, 1) |
| HIRI-MSM score–median (IQR) | 18 (12, 22) |
| HIRI-MSM score ≥ 10 –frequency (%) | 150 (80.7) |
| Discrimination related to sexual orientation–lifetime | |
| Strongly agree / agree | 105 (58.7) |
| Strongly disagree / disagree | 74 (41.3) |
| Discrimination related to sexual orientation—often | |
| Strongly agree / agree | 36 (20.1) |
| Strongly disagree / disagree | 143 (79.9) |
| nPEP regimen completion–frequency (%) | |
| Yes | 98 (52.7) |
| No | 9 (4.8) |
| Unknown | 79 (42.5) |
| HIV positive at 3 months–frequency (%) | 1 (0.5) |
a MSM, Men Who Have Sex with Men; HIRI-MSM, HIV Incidence Risk Index for Men Who Have Sex with Men; nPEP, non-occupational Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
b Values represent medians (interquartile range) or frequencies (percentages). All percentages calculated out of totals with available data