Table 4.
Characteristics of having ever injected steroids before among MSM * in Madrid and Barcelona.
| Madrid | Barcelona | Total | p-Value ** | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 153 (6.4%) | N = 61 (5.5%) | N = 214 (6.1%) | |||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Age of first injection | 0.332 | ||||||
| <20 | 13 | 8.5 | 3 | 4.9 | 16 | 7.5 | |
| 20–24 | 33 | 21.6 | 9 | 14.8 | 42 | 19.6 | |
| 25–29 | 50 | 32.7 | 18 | 29.5 | 68 | 31.8 | |
| 30–34 | 29 | 19.0 | 13 | 21.3 | 42 | 19.6 | |
| ≥35 | 28 | 18.3 | 18 | 29.5 | 46 | 21.5 | |
| Last time injected | 0.287 | ||||||
| Last month | 28 | 18.3 | 16 | 26.2 | 44 | 20.6 | |
| 1–6 months | 34 | 22.2 | 17 | 27.9 | 51 | 23.8 | |
| 7–12 months | 21 | 13.7 | 8 | 13.1 | 29 | 13.6 | |
| 1–5 years | 38 | 24.8 | 14 | 23.0 | 52 | 24.3 | |
| >5 years | 32 | 20.9 | 6 | 9.8 | 38 | 17.8 | |
| Having ever shared steroids or injection equipment | 0.14 | ||||||
| Yes | 1 | 0.7 | 2 | 3.3 | 3 | 1.4 | |
| No | 152 | 99.3 | 59 | 96.7 | 211 | 98.6 | |
| With how many people | 0.386 | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 33.3 | |
| 2–5 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 66.7 | |
| Having ever injected drugs | 0.014 | ||||||
| Yes | 6 | 3.9 | 8 | 13.1 | 14 | 6.5 | |
| No | 147 | 96.1 | 53 | 86.9 | 200 | 93.5 | |
* MSM: Men who have sex with men. ** Fisher’s exact tests. Bold number: the bold helps to quickly identify the name of the variables and the significant prevalence ratio but they can be eliminated.