Investigating Recent Testing among MSM: Results from Community-Based HIV Rapid Testing Attendees in France
Table 1
Comparison of participants regarding the outcome: recently versus not recently tested (univariate analyses, ).
Variables
Items
Whole sample ()
Recently tested ()
Not recently tested ()
P
*
(%)
(%)
(%)
Study enrolment
ANRS-DRAG
199 (27.8)
103 (29.5)
96 (26.2)
ANRS-COM'TEST
517 (70.5)
246 (70.5)
271 (73.8)
0.32
Demographics
Ag
Median IQR
31 25–39
30 25–38
32 25–40
0.03
Education
<Secondary school certificate
93 (13)
44 (12.6)
49 (13.4)
≤2 years after secondary school
238 (33.2)
119 (34.1)
119 (32.4)
0.66
>2 years after secondary school
374 (52.2)
179 (51.3)
195 (53.1)
0.92
Being in active employment
No
142 (19.8)
72 (20.6)
70 (19.1)
Yes
563 (78.6)
272 (77.9)
291 (79.3)
0.61
Being single
No
208 (29.1)
94 (26.9)
114 (31.1)
Yes
506 (70.7)
255 (73.1)
251 (68.4)
0.21
Sexual orientation, disclosure, and victim of verbal abuse or aggression
Sexual orientation
Homosexual
582 (81.3)
299 (85.7)
283 (77.1)
Bisexual
94 (13.1)
38 (10.9)
56 (15.3)
0.05
Heterosexual
9 (1.3)
0 (0)
9 (2.5)
na
Other
27 (3.8)
10 (2.9)
17 (4.6)
0.15
Index of sexual orientation disclosur
Median IQR
4 2–5
5 3–5
4 1–5
<0.001
Victim of verbal abuse because of sexual orientation
No
570 (79.6)
263 (75.4)
307 (83.7)
Yes
143 (20.0)
85 (24.4)
58 (15.8)
0.005
Victim of aggression because of sexual orientation
No
682 (95.3)
331 (94.8)
351 (95.6)
Yes
22 (3.1)
11 (3.2)
11 (3.0)
0.89
Sexual life (previous 6 months)
Total no. of sex male partner
Median IQR
11 4–24
11 5–30
10 3–22
0.48
Having casual male partners
No
111 (15.5)
45 (12.9)
66 (18.0)
Yes
605 (84.5)
304 (87.1)
301 (82.0)
0.06
No. of casual male partner
Median IQR
8 3–20
10 3–22
7 2–20
0.53
Having steady male partners
No
163 (22.7)
62 (17.8)
101 (27.5)
Yes
553 (77.2)
287 (82.2)
266 (72.5)
0.002
No. of steady male partner
Median IQR
2 1–4
2 1–4
2 0–4
0.58
ICU
No
293 (40.9)
121 (34.7)
172 (46.9)
Yes
401 (56.0)
216 (61.9)
185 (50.4)
0.001
Sex with women
No
592 (82.7)
297 (85.1)
295 (80.4)
Yes
87 (12.2)
36 (10.3)
51 (13.9)
0.13
Sex under the influence of drugs (previous 6 months)
Alcohol
No
275 (38.4)
127 (36.4)
148 (40.3)
Yes
441 (61.6)
222 (63.6)
219 (59.7)
0.28
Poppers
No
418 (58.4)
190 (54.4)
228 (62.1)
Yes
298 (41.6)
159 (45.6)
139 (37.9)
0.04
Cannabis
No
541 (75.6)
256 (73.4)
285 (77.7)
Yes
175 (24.4)
93 (26.6)
82 (22.3)
0.18
Club drugs**
No
640 (89.4)
317 (90.8)
323 (88.0)
Yes
76 (10.6)
32 (9.2)
44 (12.0)
0.22
This column displays P values for each variable tested in univariate logistic regression, showing whether differences between recently tested and not recently tested MSM are significant or not; Ecstasy, MDMA, cocaine, or crack. Medians were used because these variables did not follow a normal distribution. IQR: interquartile range; ICU: inconsistent condom use with casual and/or steady male partners; na: not applicable.
