Table 2 Comparison of demographic and behavioural characteristics in the last six months between HIV-infected MSM who used recreational drugs or excessive alcohol and those who did not use

Demographics

Age

37.8 ± 9.3

43.2 ± 10.9

< 0.001

Israeli born

180 (90.0)

63 (85.1)

0.2

Less than the average income*

125 (62.2)

44 (59.9)

0.4

University education*

109 (54.2)

42 (56.8)

0.4

Defined as a gay man

125 (98.4)

39 (92.9)

0.09

Jewish

145 (92.9)

55 (96.5)

0.6

HIV “outness”

148 (73.6)

50 (79.5)

0.2

Gay “outness”

81 (96.4)

28 (96.6)

0.7

Sexual behaviour

Age first sexual debut (years)

16.5 ± 3.9

18.9 ± 5.5

< 0.001

Steady partner

78 (38.6)

25 (33.8)

0.3

Partner is HIV infected or his status was unknown

28 (36.5)

5 (20.8)

0.2

Performs UAI with sero-discordant steady partner

19 (9.4)

7 (9.5)

0.6

Performs UAI with steady partner

42 (57.5)

11 (45.8)

0.2

Sex buddy

71 (78.0)

19 (82.6)

0.4

Sex buddy is HIV-infected or his status was unknown

10 (5.0)

1 (3.2)

N/A

Performs UAI with sero-discordant sex buddy

10 (5.0)

0 (0)

N/A

Sex with casual partner/s

165 (81.7)

53 (71.6)

0.05

> 11 casual partners

79 (45.7)

16 (28.6)

0.02

Sex with casual partners who was HIV-infected or unknown

163 (96.4)

52 (94.5)

0.4

Performs UAI with sero-discordant casual partner

75 (59.5)

16 (40.0)

0.04

Been paid for sex

44 (22.1)

6 (8.1)

0.005

Talking about HIV

HIV issue is being raised in most times

116 (57.4)

29 (39.9)

0.002

I am the one who raise the issue of HIV

72 (43.4)

17 (37.0)

0.2

Venue of meeting the partners

Applications

167 (87.4)

55 (80.9)

0.1

Facebook

21 (11.6)

8 (12.3)

0.5

Sauna

27 (15.0)

8 (12.3)

0.4

Club

44 (23.9)

6 (9.1)

0.06

Penile condyloma

14 (6.9)

4 (5.4)

N/A

Anal condyloma

48 (23.8)

14 (18.9)

0.4

Neisseria gonorrhoea

61 (30.2)

17 (23.0)

0.1

Syphilis

51 (25.2)

17 (23.0)

0.7

Hepatitis C

9 (4.5)

1 (1.4)

N/A

Hepatitis B

7 (3.5)

2 (2.7)

N/A

Utilization of health services

Psychologist

78 (39.6)

20 (28.6)

0.1

psychiatric medications

67 (33.2)

14 (19.7)

0.01

Satisfied with their health status

169 (86.7)

66 (95.7)

0.03

Years of HIV infection

5.2 ± 4

6.6 ± 3

0.06

Anti-retroviral treatment

143 (94.1)

56 (93.3)

0.5

Treated with anti-retroviral medications > 2 years

95 (66.4)

41 (73.2)

0.2

Complete treatment adherence

97 (69.8)

38 (67.9)

0.9

Complete check-up adherence

19 (97.8)

49 (84.5)

0.4

Satisfied from the AIDS treatment centre

135 (90.0)

51 (88.0)

0.9

CD4

626 ± 237

716 ± 225

0.02

Viral load

1624 ± 556

988 ± 353

0.03