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Table 3 Relationship status, duration of partnership and number of partners

From: Conversation about Serostatus decreases risk of acquiring HIV: results from a case control study comparing MSM with recent HIV infection and HIV negative controls

 

Cases

Controls

OR

p-value

Confidence interval (CI)

Relationship status

Single

46% (n = 48)

48% (n = 50)

0.9

0.8

0.54–1.59

“monogamous” homosexual relationship

39% (n = 39)

32% (n = 34)

1.23

0.5

0.70–2.18

Non-monogamous homosexual relationship

2% (n = 2)

7% (n = 7)

0.3

0.09

0.06–1.34

“monogamous” heterosexual relationship

0% (n = 0)

5% (n = 5)

0.5

0.02

0.42–0.56

Non-monogamous heterosexual relationship

0% (n = 0)

2% (n = 2)

0.5

0.15

0.43–0.56

Duration of relationship

< 6 months

50% (n = 22)

20% (n = 10)

3.9

0.003

1.57–9.70

6–12 months

11% (n = 5)

8% (n = 4)

1.4

0.6

0.36–5.75

> 12 months

39% (n = 17)

71% (n = 35)

0.25

0.001

0.11–0.60

Number of sex partners

1 partner

18% (n = 14)

18% (n = 14)

1

0.95

0.44–2.17

2–20 partners

70% (n = 53)

78% (n = 60)

0.7

0.25

0.40–1.26

> 20 partners

12% (n = 9)

4% (n = 3)

3.3

0.07

0.86–12.8