Awareness and willingness to accept syphilis chemoprophylaxis among men who have sex with men from three cities in China: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Characteristics associated with awareness to syphilis chemoprophylaxis among participants

Characteristics	Heard of syphilis chemoprophylaxis		Not heard of syphilis chemoprophylaxis		P-value^*	aOR (95% CI)^**	aP-value**
Characteristics	n	(%)	n	(%)	P-value^*	aOR (95% CI)^**	aP-value**
HIV tested
Yes	193	30.78%	434	69.22%	0.005		0.060
No	16	16.33%	82	83.67%
Syphilis infected
Positive	5	13.51%	32	86.49%	0.031		0.601
Negative	145	32.01%	308	67.99%
People around are undergoing or have undergone chemoprophylaxis?
Yes	118	40.14%	176	59.86%	< 0.001		< 0.001
Not sure	80	21.45%	293	78.55%
No	11	18.97%	47	81.03%
Previous use of Doxycycline
Yes	14	51.85%	13	48.15%	0.013		0.066
No	195	27.94%	503	72.06%
Previous use of HIV prophylaxis medications
Yes	22	44.00%	28	56.00%	0.022		0.344
No	187	27.70%	488	72.30%
Think it is necessary for syphilis chemoprophylaxis
Yes	192	31.63%	415	68.37%	< 0.001	Ref	0.002
No	17	14.41%	101	85.59%		0.870 (0.796–0.950)

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