Table 3.
Venue for seeking sex partners/Sexual behaviors among MSM who use nitrite inhalants and among MSM who do not use nitrite inhalants in China
| Study | Venue for seeking sex partners/Sexual Behaviors | nitrite inhalants users | nitrite inhalants nonusers | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | %a | N | %a | |||
| Wang et al. (2017) [26] | Sexual role | 0.001 | ||||
| Insertive | 41 | 27.3 | 144 | 42.9 | ||
| Receptive/Versatile | 109 | 72.7 | 192 | 57.1 | ||
| No. of sex partners, P6M | < 0.001 | |||||
| < 2 | 28 | 18.4 | 136 | 38.0 | ||
| ≥2 | 124 | 81.6 | 222 | 62.0 | ||
| CRAI, P6M | 57 | 52.3 | 114 | 52.5 | 0.967 | |
| Seeking male sex partners via the Internet | 145 | 95.4 | 267 | 74.6 | < 0.001 | |
| Zhao et al. (2017) [29] | Sexual role | 0.013 | ||||
| Insertive | 93 | 30.7 | 431 | 38.4 | ||
| Receptive/Versatile | 210 | 69.3 | 690 | 61.6 | ||
| Gay apps usersc | 220 | 72.6 | 604 | 53.9 | < 0.001 | |
| Xu et al. (2017) [14] | Sexual role | 0.003 | ||||
| Insertive | 65 | 26.4 | 291 | 36.6 | ||
| Receptive/Versatile | 181 | 73.6 | 503 | 63.4 | ||
| No. of sex partners, P6M | < 0.001 | |||||
| ≤1 | 66 | 26.8 | 467 | 58.8 | ||
| ≥2 | 180 | 73.2 | 327 | 41.2 | ||
| CAI with casual partners, P6M | 83 | 33.7 | 152 | 19.1 | < 0.001 | |
| Venue for seeking sex partners | 0.001 | |||||
| Internet | 202 | 82.1 | 570 | 71.8 | ||
| Othersd | 44 | 17.9 | 224 | 28.2 | ||
| Duan et al. (2017) [15] | Had receptive sexual intercourse, P6M | 128 | 62.4 | 821 | 47.5 | < 0.001 |
| Multiple sex partners (≥2), P6M | 157 | 76.6 | 828 | 47.9 | < 0.001 | |
| Seeking male sex partners by Internet | 164 | 86.3 | 704 | 60.2 | < 0.001 | |
| Zhang et al. (2016) [21] | Sexual role | < 0.001 | ||||
| Insertive | 268 | 30.0 | 863 | 40.9 | ||
| Receptive/Versatile | 626 | 70.0 | 1249 | 59.1 | ||
| No. of male sex partners, P3M | < 0.001 | |||||
| ≤1 | 372 | 38.7 | 1507 | 57.4 | ||
| ≥2 | 589 | 61.3 | 1120 | 42.6 | ||
| CRAI, P3M | 298 | 31.0 | 547 | 20.8 | < 0.001 | |
| Most common venue for seeking male partners | < 0.001 | |||||
| Internet | 834 | 86.8 | 2004 | 76.3 | ||
| Othere | 127 | 13.2 | 623 | 23.7 | ||
| Chen et al. (2016) [24] | Sexual role, recently | 0.800 | ||||
| Insertive | 44 | 36.1 | 262 | 37.3 | ||
| Receptive/Versatile | 78 | 63.9 | 441 | 62.7 | ||
| No. of casual partners ≥1, P3M | 68 | 55.7 | 310 | 44.1 | 0.017 | |
| Multiple sex partners (≥2), P3M | 45 | 36.9 | 188 | 26.7 | 0.023 | |
| Li et al. (2014) [25] | Had a casual sex partner, P3M | 135 | 71.4 | 126 | 59.7 | 0.014 |
| Venue for seeking sex partners | < 0.001 | |||||
| Internet | 158 | 83.6 | 130 | 61.6 | ||
| Othersf | 31 | 16.4 | 81 | 38.4 | ||
| Li (2014) [19] | Sexual role | 0.238 | ||||
| Insertive | 186 | 29.5 | 695 | 32.0 | ||
| Receptive/Versatile | 445 | 70.5 | 1480 | 68.0 | ||
| No. of partners, P6M | 0.003 | |||||
| ≤3 | 372 | 59.0 | 1423 | 65.4 | ||
| > 3 | 259 | 41.0 | 752 | 34.6 | ||
| Seeking sex partners via the Internet | 554 | 87.8 | 1470 | 67.6 | < 0.001 | |
| Chu (2013)g [17] | Sexual role | 0.050 | ||||
| Insertive | 26 | 21.7 | 155 | 30.7 | ||
| Receptive/Versatile | 94 | 78.3 | 350 | 69.3 | ||
| Seeking sex partners via the Internet | 86 | 71.7 | 252 | 49.9 | < 0.001 | |
N/A Not available; “one for night”: one-night stands, CRAI Condomless receptive anal intercourse, CAI Condomless anal intercourse, P3M: in the past 3 months; P6M: in the past 6 months
a The percent of non-missing observations. Percentages may not add up to 100 because of rounding
b Venues for seeking sex partners included parks, public toilets, bars, clubs, and bathhouses
c They had used gay smart phone-based sex-seeking applications in the last six months
d Venues for seeking sex partners included parks, public toilets, bathhouses, bars, dance halls, and clubs
e Venues for seeking male partners included parks, bathrooms, sauna and other public places
f Venues for seeking sex partners included parks and bathrooms
g This data was extracted from the baseline questionnaire of this study