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Table 4 Descriptive analysis of demographic and HIV-related characteristics and drug adherence in low-risk perception group and high-risk perception group

From: PrEP risk perception and adherence among men who have sex with men: a prospective cohort study based on growth mixture model

Variables

All

N = 626(%)

Low-risk perception group

N = 493(%)

High-risk perception group

N = 133(%)

Demographic characteristics

   

Age

   

Median (IQR)

29 (24 ~ 36)

29 (24 ~ 36)

29 (24 ~ 34)

 18 ~ 30

335 (53.51)

265 (53.75)

70 (52.63)

 30 ~ 45

252 (40.26)

195 (31.15)

57 (42.86)

 ≥ 45

39 (6.23)

33 (6.70)

6 (4.51)

Household register location

   

 Urban

483 (77.16)

372 (75.46)

111 (83.46)

 Rural

143 (22.84)

121 (24.54)

22 (16.54)

Ethnic

   

 Ethnic Han

558 (89.14)

448 (90.87)

110 (83.71)

 Ethnic minorities

68 (10.86)

45 (9.13)

23 (17.29)

Education attainment

   

 Junior high and below

14 (2.24)

11 (2.23)

3 (2.26)

 High school

56 (8.95)

45 (9.13)

11 (8.27)

 College

155 (24.76)

134 (27.18)

21 (15.79)

 Undergraduate and higher

401 (64.05)

303 (61.46)

98 (73.68)

Marital status

   

 Single

527 (84.19)

414 (83.98)

113 (84.86)

 Married

99 (15.81)

79 (16.02)

20 (15.04)

Employment statusa

   

 Employed

504 (80.64)

393 (79.72)

111 (84.09)

 Internal student

74 (11.84)

59 (11.97)

15 (11.36)

 Jobless/Retirement

47 (7.52)

41 (8.31)

6 (4.55)

Monthly personal incomea

   

 < 3000 CNY

315 (50.97)

273 (55.83)

42 (32.56)

 3000 ~ 10,000 CNY

288 (46.60)

204 (41.72)

84 (65.12)

 ≥ 10,000 CNY

15(2.43)

12 (2.45)

3 (2.32)

HIV-related characteristics

   

HIV knowledge score

   

 ≥ 11

256 (40.89)

206 (41.78)

50 (37.59)

 < 11

370 (59.11)

287 (58.22)

83 (62.41)

Have you been tested for HIV before this timea

   

 Yes

527 (84.32)

402 (81.71)

125 (93.98)

 No

98 (15.68)

90 (18.29)

8 (6.02)

Have you ever received HIV counseling before this timea

   

 Yes

430 (69.13)

330 (67.48)

100 (75.19)

 No

192 (30.87)

159 (32.52)

33 (24.81)

Sexual role during sexual intercourse with a male partnera

   

 Bottle

93 (16.64)

77 (17.54)

16 (13.33)

 Both

157 (28.09)

126 (28.70)

31 (25.83)

 Top

309 (55.27)

236 (53.76)

73 (60.84)

Have you had a female sexual partner in the last 6 months (steady and casual)a

   

 No

488 (85.31)

388 (85.84)

100 (83.33)

 Yes

84 (14.69)

64 (14.16)

20 (16.67)

Drug adherenceb

   

Adherence

   

 High (≥ 80%)

414 (66.13)

337 (68.35)

77 (57.89)

 Low (< 80%)

212 (33.87)

156 (31.65)

56 (42.11)

Medicine group

   

 Time-driven group

368 (58.79)

281 (57.00)

87 (65.41)

 Event-driven group

258 (41.21)

212 (43.00)

46 (34.59)

  1. aIndicates missing data
  2. bDrug adherence was measured longitudinally, where adherence was averaged over multiple measurements
  3. IQR: inter quartile range; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus. CNY: Chinese Yuan Renminbi