TABLE 1.
Sociodemographics of Patients With Early Syphilis Naming Partners at Select Venues, San Francisco, CA, 2011
| Total | Men Meeting Partners at Low Partner Frequency Venues |
Men Meeting Partners at Medium Partner Frequency Venues |
Men Meeting Partners at High Partner Frequency Venues |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 443 | 74 (16.7) | 226 (51.02) | 143 (32.28) | |
| Age, y | |||||
| 18–25 | 23 (5.19) | 6 (8.11) | 16 (7.08) | 1 (0.70) | 0.002 |
| 25–34 | 98 (22.12) | 11 (14.86) | 64 (28.32) | 23 (16.08) | |
| 35–44 | 135 (30.47) | 24 (32.43) | 66 (29.20) | 45 (31.47) | |
| 45–54 | 136 (30.70) | 27 (36.49) | 57 (25.22) | 52 (36.36) | |
| 55+ | 51 (11.51) | 6 (8.11) | 23 (10.18) | 22 (15.38) | |
| Race | |||||
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 39 (8.80) | 4 (5.41) | 27 (11.95) | 8 (5.59) | <0.0001 |
| Black | 35 (7.90) | 16 (21.62) | 14 (6.19) | 5 (3.50) | |
| Hispanic | 91 (20.54) | 14 (18.92) | 48 (21.24) | 29 (20.28) | |
| Other | 12 (2.71) | 0 | 9 (3.98) | 3 (2.10) | |
| White | 266 (60.05) | 40 (54.05) | 128 (56.64) | 98 (68.53) | |
| HIV status | |||||
| Negative | 98 (22.12) | 16 (21.62) | 60 (26.55) | 22 (15.38) | 0.005 |
| Positive | 302 (68.17) | 47 (63.51) | 141 (62.39) | 114 (79.72) | |
| Unknown | 43 (9.71) | 11 (14.86) | 25 (11.06) | 7 (4.9) | |
| Stage | |||||
| Primary | 115 (26.96) | 19 (25.98) | 62 (27.43) | 34 (23.78) | 0.51 |
| Secondary | 143 (32.28) | 29 (39.19) | 71 (31.42) | 43 (30.07) | |
| Early latent | 185 (41.76) | 26 (35.14) | 93 (41.15) | 66 (46.15) | |
| Methamphetamine use | 105 (24.65) | 13 (17.57) | 44 (19.47) | 48 (33.57) | 0.018 |
| Previous syphilis infection | 154 (34.76) | 14 (18.92) | 75 (33.19) | 65 (45.45) | 0.0004 |
| Total partners in last year, mean (median) | |||||
| Male | 36.69 (10) | 4.19 (3) | 49.91 (8) | 35.33 (19.5) | <0.0001 |
| Female | 0.40 (0) | 1.81 (0) | 0.04 (0) | 0.19 (0) | <0.0001 |
Values are presented as n (%), unless otherwise indicated.
*
Low = median number of partners <6; medium = 6–15; high = 15+.