Table 2.
Characteristics of sexualized drug use of different drugs by age, among MSMa from Madrid and Barcelona (%).
| All | Age | P -value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <25 | 25–39 | ≥40 | ||||
| Ever-sexualized drug use b | Any drug | 56.0 | 48.2 | 58.7 | 54.9 | †, ¥ |
| Viagra | 21.9 | 9.7 | 20.3 | 32.5 | †, ¥, ‡ | |
| Poppers | 44.5 | 37.8 | 47.8 | 41.2 | †, ‡ | |
| Cannabis | 21.3 | 22.3 | 23.2 | 16.8 | ¥, ‡ | |
| Amphetamine | 6.5 | 4.4 | 7.7 | 5.1 | †, ‡ | |
| Cocaine | 15.2 | 7.7 | 16.7 | 16.2 | †, ¥ | |
| Ecstasy | 11.7 | 8.6 | 13.6 | 9.3 | †, ‡ | |
| Ketamine | 7.2 | 6.4 | 8.2 | 5.6 | ‡ | |
| GHB/GBL | 13.4 | 10.0 | 15.7 | 10.5 | †, ‡ | |
| Methamphetamine | 8.2 | 5.8 | 9.6 | 6.5 | †, ‡ | |
| Mephedrone | 8.3 | 5.8 | 9.4 | 7.2 | † | |
| Continuity of sexualized use (last month) c | Viagra | 53.6 | 47.7 | 49.7 | 60.0 | ‡ |
| Poppers | 53.3 | 44.4 | 54.3 | 55.4 | †, ¥ | |
| Cannabis | 47.5 | 52.0 | 49.7 | 37.0 | ¥, ‡ | |
| Amphetamine | 30.5 | 45.0 | 28.1 | 30.8 | ||
| Cocaine | 32.6 | 44.1 | 34.9 | 24.2 | ¥, ‡ | |
| Ecstasy | 26.8 | 35.1 | 26.6 | 22.9 | ||
| Ketamine | 31.8 | 46.2 | 32.8 | 19.5 | ¥ | |
| GHB/GBL | 45.3 | 50.0 | 46.7 | 38.3 | ||
| Methamphetamine | 43.0 | 50.0 | 43.7 | 37.3 | ||
| Mephedrone | 48.3 | 41.7 | 48.4 | 50.9 | ||
| First sexualized drug in his lifec†,¥,‡ | Viagra | 12.2 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 25.4 | |
| Poppers | 53.6 | 52.8 | 55.5 | 49.6 | ||
| Cannabis | 19.6 | 31.1 | 20.4 | 11.9 | ||
| Amphetamine | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | ||
| Cocaine | 4.9 | 0.9 | 5.8 | 4.8 | ||
| Ecstasy | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.1 | ||
| Ketamine | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||
| GHB/GBL | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 1.7 | ||
| Methamphetamine | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.7 | ||
| Mephedrone | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.0 | ||
| Drug most used as sexulized in his lifec†,¥,‡ | Viagra | 12.1 | 4.3 | 8.1 | 25.2 | |
| Poppers | 55.7 | 58.6 | 57.4 | 50.2 | ||
| Cannabis | 17.8 | 27.6 | 18.6 | 11.1 | ||
| Amphetamine | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | ||
| Cocaine | 4.5 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 5.9 | ||
| Ecstasy | 2.0 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.7 | ||
| Ketamine | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||
| GHB/GBL | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 1.9 | ||
| Methamphetamine | 1.9 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 1.7 | ||
| Mephedrone | 1.8 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 1.2 | ||
| Always/most of the time for sex in last 12 months c | Cannabis | 51.1 | 45.5 | 51.5 | 54.0 | |
| Amphetamine | 52.9 | 60.0 | 47.2 | 68.2 | ||
| Cocaine | 46.8 | 35.3 | 43.5 | 58.4 | ||
| Ecstasy | 35.1 | 27.8 | 36.1 | 35.3 | ||
| Ketamine | 52.9 | 50.0 | 52.2 | 55.9 | ||
| GHB/GBL | 67.6 | 73.9 | 66.9 | 66.7 | ||
| Methamphetamine | 78.3 | 81.3 | 73.0 | 91.6 | ‡ | |
| Mephedrone | 75.4 | 75.0 | 72.0 | 83.3 | ||
aMSM, men who have sex with men.
bThe percentages have been calculated on the total number of participants.
cThe percentages have been calculated on the number of participants who had consumed each substance to have sex.
†
p-value (< 25 vs 25–39) < 0.05;
¥
p-value (< 25 vs ≥40) < 0.05;
‡
p-value (25–39 vs ≥40) < 0.05.