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Table 4 Sexual Risk Behaviors and HIV Status Stratified by SOPV Category Attended in the Last 3 Months

From: Sex-on-premise venues, associated risk behaviors, and attitudes toward venue-based HIV testing among men who have sex with men in Lima, Perú

Risk Characteristica

Category of SOPV Attended in Last 3 Months, n (% of N)

Any SOPV (N = 264)

Hotel (N = 193)

Sauna (N = 98)

Sex Club (N = 40)

Porno Theater (N = 18)

Bar/Disco (N = 109)

≥3 sex partners

172 (65%)

124 (65%)

83 (85%)

37 (93%)

18 (100%)

75 (69%)

Group sex

111 (42%)

74 (38%)

59 (60%)

28 (70%)

13 (72%)

54 (50%)

Transactional sex

91 (34%)

70 (36%)

34 (35%)

21 (53%)

12 (67%)

38 (35%)

“Casual” partnerb

165 (63%)

119 (62%)

69 (70%)

30 (75%)

13 (72%)

70 (64%)

Condomless anal sexb

126 (48%)

93 (48%)

52 (53%)

15 (38%)

10 (56%)

54 (50%)

Substance use w/sex

142 (54%)

102 (53%)

52 (53%)

24 (60%)

8 (44%)

68 (62%)

HIV positive

69 (26%)

42 (22%)

33 (34%)

16 (40%)

7 (39%)

33 (30%)

  1. SOPV attendance is defined as either meeting a partner or having sex at a given SOPV type in the last 3 months; categories (columns) are not mutually exclusive. SOPV sex-on-premise venue; aRefers to within the last 3 months (where applicable); bRefers to last or penultimate partner