Table 3.
Adverse psychosocial exposures – frequent alcohol use, drug use and violence victimisation, and their combinations among HIV-negative MSM (N = 22,297).
| Adverse psychosocial exposures and their combinations | n (%)a |
|---|---|
| Violence victimisation (V)b | 5510 (24.7) |
| Drug use (D)b | 2441 (10.9) |
| Frequent alcohol use (A)b | 6137 (27.5) |
| No syndemic conditions | 11901 (53.3) |
| V alone | 3052 (13.7) |
| D alone | 598 (2.7) |
| A alone | 3687 (16.5) |
| V and D | 604 (2.7) |
| V and A | 1210 (5.4) |
| D and A | 595 (2.7) |
| V and D and A | 644 (2.9) |
a
% may not add to 100 due to missing values
b
Irrespective of the presence of other two psychosocial conditions