HIV Risk Perception, Sexual Behavior, and HIV Prevalence among Men-Who-Have-Sex-with-Men at a Community-Based Voluntary Counseling and Testing Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Table 2
Risk factors and prevalence of HIV in each perceived risk group.
Risk factors (preceding 6 months)
Perceived risk
Low
Medium
High
Unsure
(1) Number of sex partners ()*
≤10
34 (54.8%)
46 (61.3%)
12 (54.5%)
64 (56.1%)
>10
28 (45.2%)
29 (39.7%)
10 (45.5%)
50 (43.9%)
(2) Types of sex partners ()*
Regular
44 (46.3%)
33 (28.9%)
13 (40.6%)
66 (42.0%)
Regular and casual/transactional sex
51 (53.6%)
81 (71.1%)
19 (59.4%)
91 (58.0%)
(3) Alcohol use before sex ()*
No
31 (40.8%)
37 (44.6%)
14 (53.8%)
72 (56.3%)
Yes
45 (59.2%)
46 (55.4%)
12 (46.2%)
56 (43.4%)
(4) History of sexually transmitted infections ()*
No
74 (75.5%)
91 (79.1%)
24 (68.6%)
137 (83.5%)
Yes
24 (24.5%)
24 (20.9%)
11 (31.4%)
27 (16.5%)
(5) Last unprotected sex ()*
<6 months ago
49 (48.5%)
82 (69.5%)
27 (75.0%)
94 (56.0%)
>6 months ago
52 (51.5%)
36 (30.5%)
9 (25.0%)
74 (44.0%)
(6) Condom use during anal sex ()*
Consistent
25 (32.1%)
22 (21.0%)
3 (8.6%)
36 (24.8%)
Inconsistent
53 (67.9%)
83 (79.0%)
32 (91.4%)
109 (75.2%)
(7) HIV result ()*
Negative
97 (96.0%)
109 (92.4%)
25 (69.4%)
155 (92.3%)
Positive
4 (4.0%)
9 (7.6%)
11 (30.6%)
13 (7.7%)
Number of clients who responded to this part of the pre-HIV testing questionnaire.
