PrEP use and unmet PrEP-need among men who have sex with men in London prior to the implementation of a national PrEP programme, a cross-sectional study from June to August 2019

Table 2 Select sociodemographic characteristics associated with self-reported current PrEP use in self-perceived HIV-negative/unknown MSM with identified PrEP-need, June to August 2019

	MSM with identified PrEP-need^a,b		OR (95% CI)	p value^c	aOR^d (95% CI)	p value^c
	Current PrEP use	No current PrEP use
	n = 201	n = 431
Sociodemographic characteristics
Age-group (years)
18–24	8.0% (16/201)	15.0% (64/428)	1.00 (ref)	0.001	1.00 (ref)	0.003
25–29	24.4% (49/201)	21.5% (92/428)	2.13 (1.11–4.07)		2.07 (1.08–3.97)
30–34	20.4% (41/201)	22.4% (96/428)	1.71 (0.88–3.30)		1.71 (0.88–3.32)
35–39	14.4% (29/201)	11.7% (50/428)	2.32 (1.14–4.74)		2.29 (1.12–4.69)
40–44	20.9% (42/201)	11.0% (47/428)	3.57 (1.80–7.11)		3.52 (1.76–7.02)
≥ 45	11.9% (24/201)	18.5% (79/428)	1.22 (0.60–2.48)		1.25 (0.61–2.56)
Ethnic group
White	75.1% (151/201)	77.5% (334/431)	1.00 (ref)	0.513	.	.
Ethnic minority	24.9% (50/201)	22.5% (97/431)	1.14 (0.77–1.69)
UK-born
No	50.8% (101/199)	46.1% (197/427)	1.00 (ref)	0.282	.	.
Yes	49.3% (98/199)	53.9% (230/427)	0.83 (0.59–1.16)
UK resident
No	7.0% (14/199)	6.8% (29/429)	1.00 (ref)	0.899	.	.
Yes	93.0% (185/199)	93.2% (400/429)	0.96 (0.49–1.86)
Current employment
No	8.5% (17/200)	11.6% (50/431)	1.00 (ref)	0.231	.	.
Yes	91.5% (183/200)	88.4% (381/431)	1.41 (0.79–2.52)
Education since age 16
None/up to 2 years	10.6% (21/199)	17.3% (73/423)	1.00 (ref)	0.025	1.00 (ref)	0.040
≥ 2 years/still full-time	89.5% (178/199)	82.7% (350/423)	1.78 (1.05–2.97)		1.72 (1.01–2.92)

^aBased on 632 self-perceived HIV negative/unknown MSM who provided information on current PrEP use and had identified PrEP-need defined as self-reported CAS in the last three months and/or CAS with a HIV-positive/unknown status partner not known to be on ART in the last year; 31.8% (201/632) of men reported current PrEP use
^bAnalyses exclude 41 current PrEP users that did not have identified PrEP-need
^cLikelihood ratio test (LRT) p value
^dAdjusted for age-group and education since age 16; 619 observations in adjusted model. OR odds ratio, aOR adjusted odds ratio, PrEP = HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. CAS condomless anal sex, Ethnic minority = men of black, south east Asian, Asian, Latin American and mixed/other ethnic groups

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