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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 8.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Public Health. 2009 Feb 12;99(Suppl 1):S96–103. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.123893

Table 2.

Differences Between African American Men Completing Follow-up Assessments and Those Not Completing Follow-up Assessments

Stayed in
(n = 197)
Dropped out
(n = 69)
p-value
Age 23.4 ± 3.3 23.0 ± 3.3 0.47
Net monthly income > $1,000 61 (31.1%)
[196]
19 (27.5%) 0.58
Current relationship is monogamous 88 (44.9%)
[196]
40 (58.0%) 0.06
Current relationship is not monogamous 88 (44.9%)
[196]
25 (36.2%) 0.21
Previously taught how to use a condom 179 (91.3%)
[196]
58 (84.1%) 0.09
Multiple STDs diagnosed at baseline 52 (26.7%)
{195}
16 (23.9%)
[67]
0.65
Baseline diagnosis included Chlamydia 73 (37.2%)
[196]
32 (46.4%) 0.18
Baseline diagnosis included gonorrhea 122 (62.2%)
[196]
41 (59.4%) 0.68
Demonstrated condom use skills 3.39 ± 2.16
[181]
2.90 ± 1.84
[62]
0.09
Number of female sex partners, last 3 months 3.13 ± 2.81 2.61 ± 1.78 0.08
Unprotected acts of sex, last 3 months 16.6 ± 42.0
[171]
11.6 ± 17.9
[66]
0.21
Used condoms last time sex occurred 90 (45.7%) 37 (53.6%) 0.26
Assigned to intervention group 105 (53.3%) 36 (52.2%) 0.87
Reinfection 78 (39.6%) 30 (43.5%) 0.57

Entries in the “Stayed in” and “Dropped out” columns are Mean ± SD for quantitative variables and Number (Percent) for dichotomous variables. All results pertain to men who self-identified as heterosexual. For variables on which not all subjects had data, the numbers in square brackets identify how many subjects did have data.