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. 2019 Feb 20;5(1):e11313. doi: 10.2196/11313

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


Tested for any STI Diagnosed with any STI


n (%) P valueb n (%) P valueb
HIV positive 1098 778 (70.86) <.001c 264 (24.04) <.001c

Race/ethnicity


Black, non-Hispanic 248 178 (71.77) .40 67 (27.02) .30


Hispanic 130 105 (80.77) .24 39 (30.00) .82


White, non-Hispanic 632 426 (67.41) Refb 134 (21.20) Refb


Other or multiple races 88 69 (78.41) .40 24 (27.27) .94

Age (years)


15-24 59 47 (79.66) .52 16 (27.12) .90


25-29 97 80 (82.47) .28 37 (38.14) .03


30-39 186 152 (81.72) .45 67 (36.02) .26


≥40 756 499 (66.01) Refb 144 (19.05) Refb

NHBSd city resident


Yes 568 426 (75.00) .03 166 (29.23) .004


No 530 352 (66.42) Refb 98 (18.49) Refb

Recruitment website type


Gay social networking 139 92 (66.19) .44 29 (20.86) .90


General gay intereste <5 N/Af N/A N/A N/A


General social networking 651 439 (67.43) Refb 124 (19.05) Refb


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

Race/ethnicity


Black, non-Hispanic 631 313 (49.60) .01 77 (12.20) .20


Hispanic 1181 566 (47.93) .16 154 (13.04) .08


White, non-Hispanic 6441 2409 (37.40) Refb 498 (7.73) Refb


Other or multiple races 815 351 (43.07) .35 84 (10.31) .59

Age (years)


15-24 2659 935 (35.16) <.001 216 (8.12) .21


25-29 1596 848 (53.13) <.001 213 (13.35) <.001


30-39 1228 617 (50.24) .01 155 (12.62) .23


≥40 3585 1239 (34.56) Refb 229 (6.39) Refb

NHBSd city resident


Yes 3656 1762 (48.19) <.001 438 (11.98) <.001


No 5412 1877 (34.68) Refb 375 (6.93) Refb

Recruitment website type


Gay social networking 1119 338 (30.21) <.001 55 (4.92) .05


General gay interest 73 27 (36.99) .35 5 (6.85) .53


General social networking 6125 2264 (36.96) Refb 469 (7.66) Refb


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.