Table 6.
Sexually transmitted infection testing and diagnosis of men who have sex with men participants in the American Men's Internet Survey, United States, 2016.
| Participant characteristics | Participants (N) | STIa history in the past 12 months | ||||||
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Tested for any STI | Diagnosed with any STI | |||||
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n (%) | P valueb | n (%) | P valueb | |||
| HIV positive | 1098 | 778 (70.86) | <.001c | 264 (24.04) | <.001c | |||
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Race/ethnicity | |||||||
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Black, non-Hispanic | 248 | 178 (71.77) | .40 | 67 (27.02) | .30 | |
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Hispanic | 130 | 105 (80.77) | .24 | 39 (30.00) | .82 | |
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White, non-Hispanic | 632 | 426 (67.41) | Refb | 134 (21.20) | Refb | |
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Other or multiple races | 88 | 69 (78.41) | .40 | 24 (27.27) | .94 | |
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Age (years) | |||||||
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15-24 | 59 | 47 (79.66) | .52 | 16 (27.12) | .90 | |
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25-29 | 97 | 80 (82.47) | .28 | 37 (38.14) | .03 | |
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30-39 | 186 | 152 (81.72) | .45 | 67 (36.02) | .26 | |
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≥40 | 756 | 499 (66.01) | Refb | 144 (19.05) | Refb | |
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NHBSd city resident | |||||||
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Yes | 568 | 426 (75.00) | .03 | 166 (29.23) | .004 | |
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No | 530 | 352 (66.42) | Refb | 98 (18.49) | Refb | |
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Recruitment website type | |||||||
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Gay social networking | 139 | 92 (66.19) | .44 | 29 (20.86) | .90 | |
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General gay intereste | <5 | N/Af | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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General social networking | 651 | 439 (67.43) | Refb | 124 (19.05) | Refb | |
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Geospatial social networking | 303 | 242 (79.87) | .004 | 110 (36.30) | <.001 | |
| HIV negative or unknown status | 9068 | 3639 (40.13) | Refb | 813 (8.97) | Refb | |||
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Race/ethnicity | |||||||
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Black, non-Hispanic | 631 | 313 (49.60) | .01 | 77 (12.20) | .20 | |
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Hispanic | 1181 | 566 (47.93) | .16 | 154 (13.04) | .08 | |
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White, non-Hispanic | 6441 | 2409 (37.40) | Refb | 498 (7.73) | Refb | |
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Other or multiple races | 815 | 351 (43.07) | .35 | 84 (10.31) | .59 | |
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Age (years) | |||||||
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15-24 | 2659 | 935 (35.16) | <.001 | 216 (8.12) | .21 | |
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25-29 | 1596 | 848 (53.13) | <.001 | 213 (13.35) | <.001 | |
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30-39 | 1228 | 617 (50.24) | .01 | 155 (12.62) | .23 | |
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≥40 | 3585 | 1239 (34.56) | Refb | 229 (6.39) | Refb | |
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NHBSd city resident | |||||||
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Yes | 3656 | 1762 (48.19) | <.001 | 438 (11.98) | <.001 | |
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No | 5412 | 1877 (34.68) | Refb | 375 (6.93) | Refb | |
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Recruitment website type | |||||||
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Gay social networking | 1119 | 338 (30.21) | <.001 | 55 (4.92) | .05 | |
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General gay interest | 73 | 27 (36.99) | .35 | 5 (6.85) | .53 | |
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General social networking | 6125 | 2264 (36.96) | Refb | 469 (7.66) | Refb | |
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Geospatial social networking | 1731 | 1001 (57.83) | <.001 | 284 (16.41) | <.001 | |
aSTI: sexually transmitted infection and includes chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis.
bWald chi-square from multivariable logistic regression comparing behavior (yes vs no) between groups with specific characteristics and a reference (Ref) group.
cWald chi-square from multivariable logistic regression comparing behavior (yes vs no) between HIV-positive participants and HIV-negative or unknown-serostatus participants. Model controlled for race/ethnicity, age, National HIV Behavioral Surveillance system residency, and website type.
dNHBS: National HIV Behavioral Surveillance.
eTo prevent identification, data for groups with less than five participants are not presented.
fN/A: not applicable.