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. 2022 Dec 16;8(12):e31237. doi: 10.2196/31237

Table 2.

Demographics, socioeconomic status indicators, club drug use, and past postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) use and their bivariate associations with current and prior pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use compared with never used PrEP (N=63,015).


Current PrEP use Prior PrEP use

Values (n=13,832) RRRa (99.9% CI) P value Values (n=5118) RRR (99.9% CI) P value
Categorical variables, n (%)b

Age (years)


13 to 24 1911 (13.82) N/Ac N/A 959 (18.74) N/A N/A


25 to 34 5807 (41.98) 2.75d (2.50-3.03) <.001 2414 (47.17) 2.28 (2.00-2.60) <.001


35 to 44 3273 (23.66) 3.28 (2.95-3.65) <.001 1044 (20.4) 2.09 (1.79-2.44) <.001


≥45 2841 (20.54) 2.59 (2.33-2.89) <.001 701 (13.7) 1.23 (1.08-1.51) <.001

Sexual orientation identity


Gay 11,792 (85.25) N/A N/A 4178 (81.63) N/A N/A


Bisexual 1533 (11.08) 0.30 (0.27-0.33) <.001 711 (13.89) 0.39 (0.34-0.44) <.001


Queer 479 (3.46) 1.11 (0.93-1.34) .06 211 (4.12) 1.39 (1.07-1.79) <.001


Straight 28 (0.2) 0.08 (0.04-0.16) <.001 18 (0.35) 0.15 (0.07-0.33) <.001

Gender


Cisgender man 13,748 (99.39) N/A N/A 5069 (99.04) N/A N/A


Transgender man 84 (0.61) 0.61 (0.41-0.91) <.001 49 (0.96) 0.97 (0.59-1.59) .83

Region


Northeast 3294 (23.81) N/A N/A 1562 (30.52) N/A N/A


Midwest 2307 (16.68) 0.71 (0.64-0.78) <.001 1240 (24.23) 0.68 (0.58-0.79) <.001


South 4054 (29.31) 0.66 (0.60-0.72) <.001 833 (16.28) 0.63 (0.55-0.72) <.001


West 4131 (29.87) 0.89 (0.81-0.97) <.001 1466 (28.64) 0.89 (0.78-1.02) .004


US possession 35 (0.25) 0.42 (0.23-0.77) <.001 10 (0.2) 0.32 (0.11-0.93) <.001


Military overseas 6 (0.04) 0.76 (0.16-3.50) .55 3 (0.06) 1.00 (0.13-7.71) .99


Unknown 5 (0.04) 0.36 (0.07-1.74) .03 4 (0.08) 0.76 (0.13-4.35) .61

Race and ethnicity


Black, non-Hispanic 1311 (9.48) 0.84 (0.75-0.94) <.001 540 (8.1) 1.07 (0.90-1.26) .21


Latino or Hispanic 2359 (17.05) 0.94 (0.86-1.03) .02 1050 (9.5) 1.29 (1.13-1.46) <.001


Multiracial 1329 (9.61) 0.21 (0.06-0.71) <.001 630 (9.9) 0.25 (0.05-1.33) .006


White, non-Hispanic 7996 (57.81) N/A N/A 2596 (7.4) N/A N/A


Another 837 (6.05) 0.94 (0.86-1.03) .02 302 (7.8) 1.24 (1.09-1.42) <.001

Health insurance status


Has private health insurance 10,118 (73.15) 2.79 (2.52-3.08) <.001 2932 (7.5) 0.96 (0.85-1.08) .28


Has public health insurance (eg, Medicaid) 2293 (16.58) 2.09 (1.85-2.36) <.001 993 (8.9) 1.08 (0.93-1.25) .10


Uninsured 1421 (10.27) N/A N/A 1193 (9.3) N/A N/A

Any club drug use (past 90 days)e


No 10,512 (76) N/A N/A 3719 (7.4) N/A N/A


Yes 3320 (24) 1.45 (1.34-1.57) <.001 1399 (11.1) 1.73 (1.55-1.93) <.001

Past PEP use


No 10,564 (76.37) N/A N/A 2281 (4.1) N/A N/A


Yes 3268 (23.63) 13.28 (11.73-15.04) <.001 2837 (39.9) 53.40 (46.42-61.43) <.001
Continuous variable, mean (SD)

Socioeconomic status ladder (range 1-10) 7.47 (32.65) 1.001 (1.000-1.003) <.001 6.90 (31.02) 1.001 (0.999-1.003) .09

aRRR: relative risk ratio.

bPercentages may not add up to 100 because of rounding.

cN/A: not applicable.

dItalicized relative risk ratio values are significant at P<.001.

eClub drugs include crack and cocaine; 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MMDA); gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB); ketamine; and methamphetamine.