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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and sexual behaviour in two sub-samples of MSM in Germany: n (%)

From: Self-reported history of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and STI-related utilization of the German health care system by men who have sex with men: data from a large convenience sample

 

Last HIV test negative

or not tested for HIV

n = 3,511

HIV-positive

n = 874

OR (95%-CI)/p

Recruitment and Demographics

Recruitment

  

<0.001 (χ2)

   Chat- and Dating Websites

3,050 (86.9)

217 (24.8)

 

   'Bareback' Website

207 (5.9)

240 (27.5)

 

   Medical Facilities

254 (7.2)

417 (47.7)

 

Median age (range)

32 (16; 76)

40 (20; 70)

>0.001 (t)

City size (population >500,000)

1,218 (34.7)

467 (53.4)

2.16 (1.86-2.51)

Education (ISCED 4 or higher)

1,836 (52.3)

414 (47.4)

0.82 (0.71-0.95)

Sexual behaviour in the previous 12 months

More than ten sexual partners

974 (27.7)

466 (53.3)

2.98 (2.56-3.64)

Sex with non-steady partners was...

  

   frequently anally insertive

820 (23.4)

337 (38.6)

2.06 (1.76-2.41)

   frequently anally receptive

792 (22.6)

382 (43.7)

2.67 (2.82-3.11)

Frequent HIV risk-taking*

   

   with male partners in general

222 (6.3)

233 (26.7)

5.39 (4.40-6.59)

   with anonymous partners

135 (3.8)

208 (23.8)

7.81 (6.19-9.85)

Sexual Networks: Reporting sexual partners with...

   HIV

209 (6.0)

425 (48.6)

14.96 (12.33-18.13)

   recent STIs**

178 (5.1)

192 (22.0)

5.27 (4.23-6.57)

  1. *Frequent risk-taking: Five or more episodes of unprotected anal intercourse with a non-steady sexual partner of unknown or discordant HIV serostatus in the previous twelve months; **Current sexual partners with recent STIs: diagnosed with syphilis, gonorrhoea, or Chlamydia infection in the previous twelve months.