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Table 5 Condomless receptive anal sex vs. HIV perceived risk among MSM from 11 cities in Brazil

From: How heterogeneous are MSM from Brazilian cities? An analysis of sexual behavior and perceived risk and a description of trends in awareness and willingness to use pre-exposure prophylaxis

 

Condomless receptive anal sexa

HIV perceived risk b

p-value

Low

High

North

 Manaus

No

133(79.6)

34(20.4)

<.001

Yes

60(56.6)

46(43.4)

 

 Belém

No

137(85.6)

23(14.4)

<.001

Yes

71(64.0)

40(36.0)

 

Northeast

 Recife

No

295(82.4)

63(17.6)

<.001

Yes

153(64.3)

85(35.7)

 

 Salvador

No

292(81.3)

67(18.7)

<.001

Yes

138(60.8)

89(39.2)

 

Central-west

 Brasília

No

400(79.4)

104(20.6)

<.001

Yes

212(62.9)

125(37.1)

 

 Goiânia

No

247(77.9)

70(22.1)

<.001

Yes

123(59.1)

85(40.9)

 

Southeast

 São Paulo

No

2592(81.5)

590(18.5)

<.001

Yes

1334(60.0)

889(40.0)

 

 Rio de Janeiro

No

1397(81.6)

314(18.4)

<.001

Yes

741(60.0)

494(40.0)

 

 Belo Horizonte

No

414(76.4)

128(23.6)

<.001

Yes

218(58.6)

154(41.4)

 

South

 Porto Alegre

No

290(81.5)

66(18.5)

<.001

Yes

160(63.2)

93(36.8)

 

 Curitiba

No

221(76.5)

68(23.5)

<.001

Yes

103(56.3)

80(43.7)

 

Brazil

No

7400 (80.3)

1811 (19.7)

<.001

Yes

3847 (60.1)

2552 (39.9)

 
  1. aDuring the previous 6 months
  2. bHIV perceived risk (in the next 12 months) was dichotomized in low (no/low) and high risk