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Table 4 Behavioural characteristics of respondents without HIV infection, with known and with unknown HIV infection

From: Actual and undiagnosed HIV prevalence in a community sample of men who have sex with men in Auckland, New Zealand

 

Uninfected

HIV infected

 

n (%)

Known

n (%)

Unknown

n (%)

Number of male partners in previous 6 months

   

Up to 20

871 (92.2)

43 (82.7)*

10 (83.3)

> 20

74 (7.8)

9 (17.3)

2 (16.7)

Casual male partnerships in previous 6 months

   

No casual partners

319 (34.3)

11 (21.2)†

3 (25.0)

Casual partners - no anal sex

152 (16.4)

6 (11.5)

0 (0)

Casual partners - anal sex all protected

272 (29.3)

13 (25.0)

6 (50.0)

Casual partners - anal sex not all protected

186 (20.0)

22 (42.3)

3 (25.0)

Regular male partnerships in previous 6 months

   

No regular partner

419 (44.8)

22 (42.3)

4 (33.3)

Regular partner - no anal sex

80 (8.6)

2 (3.9)

1 (8.3)

Regular partner - anal sex all protected

136 (14.6)

9 (17.3)

2 (16.7)

Regular partner - anal sex not all protected

300 (32.1)

19 (36.5)

5 (41.7)

Sex with a man met online

   

No

365 (37.8)

16 (30.8)‡

4 (28.6)

Yes but not < 6 months

321 (33.3)

13 (25.0)

4 (28.6)

Yes < 6 months

279 (28.9)

23 (44.2)

6 (42.9)

Injecting drug use

   

No

897 (93.7)

38 (73.1)‡

12 (85.7)

Yes but not < 6 months

48 (5.0)

11 (21.2)

2 (14.3)

Yes < 6 months

12 (1.3)

3 (5.8)

0 (0)

Sexually transmitted infection in previous 12 months

   

No

847 (91.2)

44 (89.8)

13 (92.9)

Yes

82 (8.8)

5 (10.2)

1 (7.1)

Total

979 (100.0)

53 (100.0)

14 (100.0)

  1. * p < 0.05 for comparison between uninfected and known infected
  2. † p < 0.001 for comparison between uninfected and known infected on dichotomised variable (last category versus rest)
  3. ‡ p < 0.05 for comparison between uninfected and known infected on dichotomised variable (first category versus rest)
  4. Table omits data on respondents with missing information