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Table 1 Hiv related individual and contextual characteristics of MSM residing in Belgium according to having had sexual contact abroad in the last 12 months

From: International mobility, sexual behaviour and HIV-related characteristics of men who have sex with men residing in Belgium

 

MSM residing in Belgium - Sexual contact abroad?

Test statistic*

P value**

 

Total (N:3860)

%

Yes (N:1510)

%

No (N:2350)

%

  

Age (mean (SD))

3860

35,2(11,4)

1510

37,2 (10,33)

2350

34,2(12,1)

62,408

<0,001

Higher education

2493

64,6

1077

71,3

1416

60,3

82,306

<0,001

Unemployment rate

200

5,2

70

4,6

130

5,5

10,426

0,001

Steady relationship

1758

45,5

669

44,3

1089

46,3

0,04

0,433

Expatriate

955

24,7

581

38,5

374

15,9

251,325

<0,001

Living in a large city (>500. 000 inh.)

1674

43,4

828

54,8

846

36

140,557

<0,001

Sexual identity - Homosexual

3298

85,4

1344

89

1954

83,1

26,129

<0,001

Sexual identity - Bisexual

348

9

92

6,1

256

10,9

25,77

<0,001

Anal sex last 12 m

3281

85

1406

93,1

1860

79,1

145,244

<0,001

UAI Steady partner last 12 m

1514

39,2

5703

37,7

940

40

2,265

0,072

UAI Casual partner last 12 m

993

25,7

551

36,5

437

18,6

32,812

<0,001

Nr of casual partners last 12 m (median category)

 

4

 

11 to 20

 

2

1227,601

<0,001

Hiv test last 12 m

1688

43,7

718

47,5

970

41,3

48,445

<0,001

Hiv status - positive (among tested)

332

10,4

210

15,2

122

6,8

58,433

<0,001

STI test last 12 m

1562

40,5

805

53,3

757

32,2

96,565

<0,001

STI history last 12 m (among tested for any STI)

        

Syphilis

121

7,7

75

9,3

46

6,1

27,299

<0,001

Gonorrhoea

137

8,8

92

11,4

45

5,9

46,995

<0,001

Chlamydia

130

8,3

95

11,8

35

4,6

65,283

<0,001

Anal/genital warts

98

6,3

54

6,7

44

5,8

10,92

0,001

Anal/genital herpes

42

2,7

22

2,7

20

2,6

3,135

0,055

Hepatitis C 12 m

10

0,6

6

0,7

4

0,5

1,839

0,152

Hepatitis C current

27

1,7

16

2,0

11

1,5

4,638

0,027

Hepatitis B (ever)

289

18,5

153

19,0

136

18,0

25,05

0,001

Drug use last 12 m

        

Party drugs

683

17,7

407

26,9

276

11,8

146,085

0,001

Poppers

1500

38,9

850

56,3

650

27,7

179,881

0,001

Erectile enhancers

751

19,5

465

30,8

286

12,2

202,213

0,001

Anal sex during last sexual contact abroad

  

859

56,8

    

UAI during last sexual contact abroad

  

219

14,5

    

Country of last sexual contact abroad

       

The Netherlands

  

137

9,1

    

Germany

  

161

10,6

    

France

  

272

18,1

    

UK

  

74

4,9

    

Spain

  

237

15,7

    
  1. *Test statistics: U value for continuous variables. χ2 for categorical variables.
  2. **p values: Mann–Whitney U test for continuous variables and χ2 for categorical variables.