Table 1:
Participant characteristics and sexual risk behaviors among men who have sex with men in the mSTUDY cohort stratified by recent methamphetamine (MA) use; Los Angeles, California 2014–17 (N=100)
| Recent MA Use (n=50) |
No Recent MA Use (n=50) |
p-value† | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
|
| |||||
| Age‡ | 33 (29–40) | 28.5 (25–33) | 0.001 | ||
| Race/Ethnicity | |||||
| Latinx | 30 | 60 | 28 | 56 | 0.40 |
| Black | 14 | 28 | 19 | 38 | |
| Non-Black/Latinx | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | |
| HIV | |||||
| HIV-negative | 13 | 26 | 29 | 58 | 0.001 |
| Living with HIV | 37 | 74 | 21 | 42 | |
| Rectal GC | |||||
| Negative | 32 | 64 | 41 | 82 | 0.043 |
| Positive | 18 | 36 | 9 | 18 | |
| Rectal CT | |||||
| Negative | 36 | 72 | 31 | 62 | 0.29 |
| Positive | 14 | 28 | 19 | 38 | |
| RAI last 7 days | |||||
| No | 12 | 24 | 27 | 54 | 0.002 |
| Yes | 38 | 76 | 23 | 46 | |
| Symptomatic proctitis | |||||
| No | 41 | 82 | 44 | 88 | 0.40 |
| Yes | 9 | 18 | 6 | 12 | |
| Cannabis∫∫ | |||||
| Negative | 33 | 66 | 50 | 100 | -- |
| Positive | 17 | 34 | -- | -- | |
| Ecstasy∫∫ | |||||
| Negative | 38 | 76 | 50 | 100 | -- |
| Positive | 12 | 24 | -- | -- | |
†
Calculated using Fisher’s exact or Kruskal-Wallis tests
‡
Median (interquartile range)
∫∫
Urine toxicology screen
MA = methamphetamine; GC = gonorrhea; CT = chlamydia; RAI = receptive anal intercourse