Table 1.
Reported Number of Sex Partners (Past 3 Months) Among MSM Before and During the Coronavirus Disease 19 Pandemic
| Reported More Than 3 Total Sex Partners | Reported More Than 2 New Sex Partners | Reported More Than 2 Casual Sex Partners | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | n | % | aPRa | 95% CI | n | % | aPRa | 95% CI | n | % | aPRa | 95% CI | |
| Overall | |||||||||||||
| Pre-pandemic | 231 | 77 | 33.3 | Ref | 84 | 36.4 | Ref | 83 | 35.9 | Ref | |||
| Pandemic-1 | 222 | 53 | 23.9 | 0.68 | (.54–.86) | 51 | 23.0 | 0.64 | (.51–.81) | 61 | 27.5 | 0.74 | (.60–.92) |
| Pandemic-2 | 194 | 42 | 21.7 | 0.65 | (.51–.84) | 44 | 22.7 | 0.65 | (.50–.83) | 56 | 28.9 | 0.82 | (.66–1.02) |
| Pandemic-3 | 143 | 29 | 20.3 | 0.57 | (.43–.75) | 27 | 18.9 | 0.53 | (.38–.74) | 44 | 30.8 | 0.82 | (.63–1.04) |
| Black MSM | |||||||||||||
| Pre-pandemic | 170 | 47 | 27.6 | Ref | 55 | 32.4 | Ref | 48 | 28.2 | Ref | |||
| Pandemic-1 | 161 | 39 | 24.2 | 0.82 | (.62–1.07) | 36 | 22.4 | 0.72 | (.55–.93) | 44 | 27.3 | 0.91 | (.70–1.18) |
| Pandemic-2 | 141 | 28 | 19.8 | 0.71 | (.52–.97) | 29 | 20.6 | 0.65 | (.48–.89) | 38 | 27.0 | 0.96 | (.72–1.27) |
| Pandemic-3 | 105 | 17 | 16.2 | 0.53 | (.37–.78) | 17 | 16.2 | 0.53 | (.35–.80) | 30 | 28.6 | 0.93 | (.68–1.27) |
| Non-Black MSM | |||||||||||||
| Pre-pandemic | 61 | 30 | 49.2 | Ref | 29 | 47.5 | Ref | 34 | 55.7 | Ref | |||
| Pandemic-1 | 61 | 14 | 23.0 | 0.47 | (.30–.73) | 15 | 24.6 | 0.52 | (.32–.84) | 17 | 27.9 | 0.50 | (.34–.74) |
| Pandemic-2 | 53 | 14 | 26.4 | 0.56 | (.36–.88) | 15 | 28.3 | 0.62 | (.40–.97) | 18 | 34.0 | 0.62 | (.43–.90) |
| Pandemic-3 | 38 | 12 | 31.6 | 0.62 | (.41–.95) | 10 | 26.3 | 0.53 | (.30–.95) | 14 | 36.8 | 0.65 | (.43–.97) |
Among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men participating in the Understanding Sexual Health in Networks Study, Baltimore, Maryland, December 2019 - December 2020. Pandemic-1: April 2020–June 2020; pandemic-2: July 2020–September 2020; pandemic-3: October 2020–December 2020.
Abbreviations: aPR, adjusted prevalence ratio; CI, confidence interval; MSM, men who have sex with men.
Prevalence ratios calculated using generalized estimating equations and Poisson regression with robust standard errors to account for repeated measures among individuals and adjusting for reported value during the pre-pandemic study visit. Bolded values are significant using P < .05.