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Table 1 Study population characteristics, overall and by lifetime history of testing for hiv or other sexually transmitted infections

From: Factors associated with testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in men who have sex with men and transgender women in Bangkok, Thailand

 

Overall

Any HIV Testing

P

Any Other STI Testing

P

(n = 1014)

No

(n = 593)

Yes

(n = 421)

No

(n = 746)

Yes

(n = 268)

Age

   

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 < 22 years

541 (53.4%)

357 (60.2%)

184 (43.7%)

 

426 (57.1%)

115 (42.9%)

 

 ≥ 22 years

473 (46.6%)

236 (39.8%)

237 (56.3%)

 

320 (42.9%)

153 (57.1%)

 

Gender Identity

   

0.18

  

0.12

 Cisgender Man

657 (64.8%)

378 (63.7%)

279 (66.3%)

 

482 (64.6%)

175 (65.3%)

 

 Transgender Woman

348 (34.3%)

212 (35.8%)

136 (32.3%)

 

260 (34.9%)

88 (32.8%)

 

 Missing/Unknown/Other

9 (0.9%)

3 (0.5%)

6 (1.4%)

 

4 (0.5%)

5 (1.9%)

 

Sexual Attraction

   

< 0.001

  

0.004

 Men Only

790 (77.9%)

431 (72.7%)

359 (85.3%)

 

562 (75.3%)

228 (85.1%)

 

 Both Men and Women

197 (19.4%)

142 (23.9%)

55 (13.1%)

 

161 (21.6%)

36 (13.4%)

 

 Women Only

27 (2.7%)

20 (3.4%)

7 (1.7%)

 

23 (3.1%)

4 (1.5%)

 

Highest Education Level

   

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Secondary or Less

202 (19.9%)

135 (22.8%)

67 (15.9%)

 

158 (21.2%)

44 (16.4%)

 

 Vocational School

65 (6.4%)

43 (7.3%)

22 (5.2%)

 

54 (7.2%)

11 (4.1%)

 

 Some University

540 (53.3%)

330 (55.6%)

210 (49.9%)

 

414 (55.5%)

126 (47.0%)

 

 Bachelor’s Degree or Higher

207 (20.4%)

85 (14.3%)

122 (29.0%)

 

120 (16.1%)

87 (32.5%)

 

Income

   

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 < 15,000 THB per month

662 (65.3%)

414 (69.8%)

248 (58.9%)

 

511 (68.5%)

151 (56.3%)

 

 ≥ 15,000 THB per month

349 (34.4%)

176 (29.7%)

173 (41.1%)

 

232 (31.1%)

117 (43.7%)

 

 Missing/Unknown

3 (0.3%)

3 (0.5%)

0 (0%)

 

3 (0.4%)

0 (0%)

 

Meets Male Sexual Partners at Bars

   

0.011

  

< 0.001

 No

581 (57.3%)

320 (54.0%)

261 (62.0%)

 

403 (54.0%)

178 (66.4%)

 

 Yes

433 (42.7%)

273 (46.0%)

160 (38.0%)

 

343 (46.0%)

90 (33.6%)

 

Meets Male Sexual Partners at Saunas

   

0.014

  

0.028

 No

929 (91.6%)

554 (93.4%)

375 (89.1%)

 

692 (92.8%)

237 (88.4%)

 

 Yes

85 (8.4%)

39 (6.6%)

46 (10.9%)

 

54 (7.2%)

31 (11.6%)

 

Meets Male Sexual Partners Online

   

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 No

283 (27.9%)

203 (34.2%)

80 (19.0%)

 

237 (31.8%)

46 (17.2%)

 

 Yes

731 (72.1%)

390 (65.8%)

341 (81.0%)

 

509 (68.2%)

222 (82.8%)

 
  1. Participants in Bangkok, Thailand, were categorized based on self-report of any lifetime history of testing for HIV and for other sexually transmitted infections. Data are presented as n (column %). Comparisons between groups with no history of testing and those with any history of testing were made using the Chi-squared test. Statistically significant p-values (p < 0.05) are shown in bold
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