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Table 2 Prevalence of Sexually Transmissible Infections, including HIV in non-probability sample of African, Caribbean and Black Men in Toronto, comparison between MSM and MSW (N = 481)

From: The epidemiology of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in African, Caribbean and Black men in Toronto, Canada

Current STI

Sexual Behavior Category

χ2 (1)

MSM

(n = 86)

MSW

(n = 395)

HIV

38.4

3.0

103.69***

Chlamydia

3.5

4.6

0.20

Gonorrhea

0

0.8

0.66

Syphilis

17.4

5.1

16.31***

Hepatitis B

5.8

2.0

3.75

Hepatitis C

5.8

3.5

1.00

Herpes Simplex Virus 1

82.6

71.4

5.02*

Herpes Simplex Virus 2

58.1

50.1

1.99

Cytomegalovirus

75.6

43.8

27.9***

Any high risk HPV- penile

32.6

19.2

6.56*

Any high risk HPV- anal

29.1

4.1

15.07***

  1. Note: STI sexually transmitted infections, HPV Human papilloma virus
  2. *p < .05, ***p < .001; Total sample size was 487, and six subjects refused to report whether they ever had sex with men