From: Syndemics of syphilis, HCV infection, and methamphetamine use along the east coast of China
Factors | Participants | Syphilis | HCV | Unprotected sex* | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N=805 | % | n=77 | % | n=30 | % | N=211 | % | |
Age (years; | 30 ± 9.1 | 32.1 ± 11.4 | 29.8 ± 10.1 | 29.9 ± 9.2 | ||||
≥18 | 285 | 35.4 | 27 | 9.5 | 11 | 3.9 | 72 | 49.0 |
25-35 | 281 | 34.9 | 20 | 7.1 | 11 | 3.9 | 62 | 44.9 |
35-45 | 183 | 22.7 | 21 | 11.5 | 6 | 3.3 | 57 | 54.3 |
≥45 | 56 | 7.0 | 9 | 16.1 | 2 | 3.6 | 20 | 60.6 |
Gender | ||||||||
Male | 662 | 82.2 | 52 | 7.9 | 26 | 3.9 | 176 | 37.6 |
Female | 143 | 17.8 | 25 | 17.5 | 4 | 2.8 | 35 | 53.3 |
Marital status | ||||||||
Single | 225 | 28.0 | 21 | 9.3 | 9 | 4.0 | 67 | 47.2 |
Married or cohabiting | 565 | 70.2 | 52 | 9.2 | 20 | 3.5 | 139 | 51.5 |
Divorced or widowed | 15 | 1.8 | 4 | 26.7 | 1 | 6.7 | 5 | 45.5 |
Education | ||||||||
Middle school or lower | 517 | 64.2 | 49 | 9.5 | 15 | 2.9 | 179 | 58.5 |
High school or higher | 288 | 35.8 | 28 | 9.7 | 15 | 5.2 | 32 | 27.4 |
Types of drugs # | ||||||||
Heroin | 26 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 11.5 | 2 | 28.6 |
Cocaine | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100 |
Opium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Cannabis | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 |
Morphine | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Methamphetamine | 778 | 96.6 | 77 | 9.9 | 28 | 3.6 | 207 | 49.9 |
Pethidine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Ketamine | 51 | 6.3 | 1 | 2.0 | 2 | 3.9 | 2 | 28.6 |
MAMD | 36 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 |
Amphetamine | 32 | 4.0 | 1 | 3.1 | 3 | 9.4 | 2 | 40.0 |
Multi-drug use (types) | ||||||||
<2 | 709 | 88.1 | 75 | 10.6 | 25 | 3.5 | 208 | 51.0 |
≥2 | 96 | 11.9 | 2 | 2.1 | 5 | 5.2 | 3 | 20.0 |
Had ever injected | ||||||||
Yes | 92 | 11.4 | 8 | 8.7 | 9 | 9.8 | 11 | 44.0 |
No | 713 | 88.6 | 69 | 9.7 | 21 | 2.9 | 200 | 50.3 |
Had ever sex with regular sex partners in last year | ||||||||
Yes | 558 | 98.8 | 49 | 8.8 | 20 | 3.6 | 138 | 51.9 |
No | 7 | 1.2 | 3 | 42.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 |
Condom use with regular sex partners in last year | ||||||||
Always | 21 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 |
Sometimes | 120 | 21.5 | 6 | 5.0 | 2 | 1.7 | 4 | 11.4 |
Never | 417 | 74.7 | 43 | 10.3 | 17 | 4.1 | 134 | 58.8 |
Condom use with regular sex partners in last sex | ||||||||
Yes | 41 | 7.3 | 1 | 2.4 | 1 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 |
No | 517 | 92.7 | 49 | 8.8 | 19 | 3.7 | 138 | 54.5 |
Had ever sex with commercial sex partners in last year | ||||||||
Yes | 423 | 52.5 | 49 | 11.6 | 13 | 3.1 | - | - |
No | 382 | 47.5 | 28 | 7.3 | 17 | 4.5 | - | - |
Condom use with commercial sex partners in last year | ||||||||
Always | 43 | 10.1 | 2 | 4.7 | 1 | 2.3 | - | - |
Sometimes | 169 | 40.0 | 23 | 13.6 | 3 | 1.8 | - | - |
Never | 211 | 49.9 | 24 | 11.4 | 3 | 1.4 | - | - |
Condom use with commercial sex partners in last sex | ||||||||
Yes | 105 | 24.8 | 6 | 5.7 | 3 | 2.9 | - | - |
No | 318 | 75.2 | 43 | 13.5 | 4 | 1.3 | - | - |
Ever received intervention | ||||||||
Yes | 130 | 16.1 | 14 | 10.8 | 5 | 3.8 | 29 | 34.1 |
No | 675 | 83.9 | 63 | 9.3 | 25 | 3.7 | 182 | 53.8 |
Syphilis/HCV infection | ||||||||
Syphilis Positive | 77 | 9.6 | - | - | 11 | 14.3 | 24 | 56.2 |
HCV Positive | 30 | 3.7 | 11 | 36.7 | - | - | 3 | 42.9 |
Syphilis/HCV Negative | 709 | 88.1 | - | - | - | - | 186 | 26.2 |
HIV knowledge score | ||||||||
Score<6 | 267 | 33.2 | 31 | 11.6 | 7 | 2.6 | 155 | 72.1 |
Score ≥ 6 | 538 | 66.8 | 46 | 8.6 | 23 | 4.3 | 56 | 26.9 |