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Table 5 Characteristics associated with willingness to undergo syphilis PrEP and syphilis PEP

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

Characteristics

Prefer to Syphilis PrEP

Prefer to Syphilis PEP

P-value*

aOR (95% CI)**

aP-value**

n

(%)

n

(%)

Sexual partners in one montha

 None

75

37.5

125

62.5

0.024

 

0.892

 1–3

149

30.6

338

69.4

   

 > 3

4

14.29

24

85.71

   

HIV status

 Positive

36

43.9

46

56.1

0.019

 

0.309

 Negative

165

30.28

380

69.72

   

Heard of chemoprophylaxis before

 Yes

146

28.08

374

71.92

 < 0.001

Ref

 < 0.001

 No

87

42.44

118

57.56

 

1.205 (1.109–1.309)

 

Previous chemoprophylaxis undertake

 Yes

32

48.48

34

51.52

0.004

Ref

0.038

 No

201

30.5

458

69.5

 

0.863 (0.750–0.992)

 
  1. *Based on Pearson’s χ2 test
  2. **Based on binary logistic regression analysis
  3. aTen participants produced invalid results