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. 2021 Apr 13;9(4):e19511. doi: 10.2196/19511

Table 1.

Baseline sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics of men who have sex with men in Shenyang, China, in the clinical trial (N=192).

Variable Intervention group (n=96) Control group (n=96) P value
Age (years), mean (SD) 28.5 (7.9) 26.9 (8.1) .18
Local residents, n (%) .30

Yes 60 (63) 53 (55)

No 36 (38) 43 (45)
Monthly income ( ¥ ), n (%) .14

≤3000 34 (35) 44 (46)

>3000 62 (65) 52 (54)
Marital status, n (%) .67

Single 49 (51) 46 (48)

Married or cohabiting with a partner 47 (49) 50 (52)
Education level, n (%) .95

Below high school 40 (42) 37 (39)

High school 51 (53) 52 (55)

College and above 5 (5) 5 (5)
Occupation, n (%) .64

Worker/staff 38 (40) 36 (39)

Business 35 (37) 27 (29)

Student 15 (16) 19 (21)
  Other 8 (8) 10 (11)
Age at first sexual experience (years), n (%) .22

<30 84 (88) 89 (93)

≥30 12 (13) 7 (7)
Main venue to seek sexual partners, n (%) .42

Smartphone apps/web-based dating platforms 51 (53) 61 (64)

Park/public bath/public toilet 6 (6) 4 (4)

Bar/club 3 (3) 1 (1)

Other 36 (38) 30 (31)
Displaying same-sex sexual behavior in the past 3 months, n (%) .30

Yes 90 (94) 86 (90)

No 6 (6) 10 (10)
Having ≥2 male sexual partners in the past 3 months, n (%) .77

Yes 61 (64) 59 (62)

No 35 (37) 37 (39)
Having unprotected anal intercourse in the past 3 months, n (%) .11

Yes 57 (59) 46 (48)

No 39 (41) 50 (52)
Having unprotected receptive anal intercourse in the past 3 months, n (%) .66

Yes 40 (42) 37 (39)

No 56 (58) 59 (62)
Engaging in group sex in the past 3 months, n (%) .70

Yes 45 (47) 37 (39)

No 51 (53) 59 (62)
Number of male sexual partners in the past 3 months, mean (SD) 3.3 (3.4) 3.9 (4.7) .33