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Table 1 Characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis

From: Prevalence of high-risky behaviors in transmission of HIV among high school and college student MSM in China: a meta-analysis

Study

Study year

Location

Sampling method

Sample size

Education

Age (Mean or Min-Max)

College or above (%)

Self-reported sexual orientation as gay (%)

HIV infectiona(%)

Syphilis infectionb(%)

Scores of study qualityc

Ruan Y, 2007 [25]

2005

Beijing

The Internet, MSM peer

108

High school or below (NA) and College or above (NA)

NA

NA

NA

1.8

4.6

10

Zhang X, 2007 [26]

2005-2006

Beijing

VCT clinic

130

High school or below (NA) and College or above (NA)

NA

NA

NA

1.5

NA

10

Zhu JL,2007 [27]

2005

Hefei

RDS, MSM peer, the Internet

121

High school(25) and college students (96)

18-29

79.5

68.0

1.7

7.4

6

Chen GM, 2010 [28]

2008

Wuhu

Snowballing

129

College students

17–28

NA

71.8

NA

NA

5

Feng LG,2010 [29]

2006

Chongqing

Snowballing

210

High school or below (80) and College or above (130)

20.2

61.9

71.9

4.3

7.1

5

Feng LG,2010 [29]

2007

Chongqing

Snowballing

206

High school or below (74) and College or above (132)

20.3

64.1

81.1

3.9

3.9

5

Feng LG,2010 [29]

2008

Chongqing

Snowballing

181

High school or below (21) and College or above (160)

21.4

88.4

71.3

11.0

2.8

5

Feng LG,2010 [29]

2009

Chongqing

Snowballing

190

High school or below (39) and College or above (151)

21.4

79.5

74.2

11.1

5.8

5

Wang LX,2010 [30]

2005–2006

9 citiesb

Snowballing

324

College students

21.6

NA

NA

0.6

NA

5

Zhou C, 2010 [31]

2008

Chongqing

Snowballing

253

High school or below (26) and College or above (227)

18–27

89.7

76.3

9.1

3.6

5

Du GY,2011 [32]

2010

Liaocheng

Snowballing

89

High school or below (NA) and College or above (NA)

17–25

NA

71.7

1.1

2.3

6

He QY,2011 [33]

2008

Chengdu

Snowballing

169

High school or below (26) and College or above (143)

13–27

84.6

71.6

8.9

5.3

5

Xi QH, 2011 [34]

2009

Nanchang

Snowballing

78

College students

20.8

100

NA

NA

NA

5

Xu JJ,2011 [35]

2008–2009

Liaoning

MSM NGO invited

436

High school(164) and college students (272)

NA

37.6

57.8

3.0

5.0

9

Zheng JD,2011 [36]

2007

Beijing

The Internet, NGO

157

College students

NA

100.0

77.7

2.5

7.0

10

Zhang L,2012 [37]

2009

Chongqing

RDS

183

High school or below (29) and College or above (154)

NA

84.2

74.9

5.5

4.4

9

Chen LF, 2013 [38]

2012

Sanya

Snowballing

128

High school or below (NA) and College or above (NA)

16–26

NA

NA

1.6

5.5

5

Wei S, 2013 [39]

2008

4 citiesa

Snowballing and NGO

205

High school or below (NA) and College or above (NA)

16–24

NA

NA

2.9

4.9

9

  1. aFor most of the studies, the presence of HIV-1 antibody was initially tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and positive/indeterminate tests were confirmed by HIV-1/2 Western Blot (WB) assay
  2. bFor most of the studies that tested for syphilis, participants with serum positive for both Treponema pallidum particle assay (TPPA) and rapid plasma regain (RPR) were determined to be currently infected with syphilis
  3. cQuality score is evaluated by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  4. NA not available