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Table 1 Baseline characteristics according to sexual behavior and HIV serostatus among the 50 study men who have sex with men (MSM) living in Bamako, Mali

From: High Prevalence of Anal Oncogenic Human Papillomavirus Infection in Young Men Who Have Sex with Men Living in Bamako, Mali

Characteristics

Overall

MSM-exclusively

MSMW

P*

HIV-

HIV+

P*

Number

50

38

12

34

16

Age [mean (SD), years]

<  20

20–29

≥ 30

24 (4.8)

12 (24.0)

30 (60.0)

8 (16.0)

24 (4.7)

10 (26.3)

23 (60.5)

5 (13.2)

26 (5.2)

2 (16.7)

7 (58.3)

3 (25.0)

0.244

23 (4.5)

11 (32.4)

20 (58.8)

3 (8.8)

27 (5.0)

1 (6.2)

10 (62.5)

5 (31.3)

0.018

Age at first intercourse [mean (SD), years]

<  15

15–17

≥ 18

16 (2.2)

7 (14.0)

24 (48.0)

19 (38.0)

16 (2.2)

6 (15.8)

18 (47.4)

14 (36.8)

17 (2.2)

1 (8.3)

6 (50.0)

5 (41.7)

0.200

17 (2.2)

4 (11.8)

17 (50.0)

13 (38.2)

16 (2.3)

3 (18.7)

7 (43.8)

6 (37.3)

0.519

HIV infection [n (%)]

CD4 T cell count [median (range), cells/μL]

Under HAART [n (%)]

16 (32.0)

570 (327–978)

14 (87.5)

12 (31.6)

541 (327–842)

10 (83.3)

4 (33.3)

645 (469–978)

4 (100.0)

0.995

NA

NA

 

Family situation [n (%)]

Single

Couple

38 (76.0)

12 (24.0)

NA

NA

NA

26 (76.5)

8 (23.5)

12 (75.0)

4 (25.0)

0.999

Number of sexual partners in last 6 months [n (%)]

1–5

>  5

40 (80.0)

10 (20.0)

28 (73.7)

10 (26.3)

12 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

0.092

27 (79.4)

7 (20.6)

13 (81.3)

3 (18.7)

1.0

Use of condom [n (%)]

Never

Sometimes

Always

3 (6.0)

46 (82.0)

1 (2.0)

1 (2.5)

36 (94.5)

1 (2.5)

2 (16.7)

10 (83.3)

0 (0.0)

0.768

2 (5.9)

31 (91.2)

1 (2.9)

1 (6.2)

15 (93.8)

0 (0.0)

0.876

Engaged in group sex [n (%)]

18 (36.0)

15 (39.5)

3 (25.0)

0.497

11 (32.4)

7 (43.7)

0.532

Practicing ChemSex [n (%)]

12 (24.0)

12 (31.6)

0 (0.0)

0.046

8 (23.5)

4 (25.0)

1.0

Receptive anal intercourse [n (%)]

40 (80.0)

31 (81.6)

9 (75.0)

0.685

25 (73.5)

15 (93.8)

0.094

Insertive anal intercourse [n (%)]

34 (68.0)

25 (65.8)

9 (75.0)

0.727

21 (61.8)

13 (81.3)

0.208

Receptive oral sex [n (%)]

36 (72.0)

26 (68.4)

10 (83.3)

0.468

22 (64.7)

14 (87.5)

0.175

Insertive oral sex [n (%)]

43 (86.0)

33 (86.8)

10 (83.3)

0.789

27 (79.4)

16 (100.0)

0.081

STI gonorrhea [n (%)]

20 (40.0)

17 (44.7)

3 (25.0)

0.316

12 (35.3)

8 (50.0)

0.366

STI Chlamydia [n (%)]

7 (14.0)

7 (18.4)

0 (0.0)

0.174

4 (11.8)

3 (18.7)

0.665

  1. * P-value calculated using Pearson’s χ2 test or Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables and the non-parametric Mann-Whitney U-test for non-categorical variables
  2. HAART Highly active antiretroviral therapy, MSM men who have sex with men, MSM-exclusively men who have sex only with men, MSMW men who have sex with both men and women, NA Not applicable, NS Not significant