Research Article
Alcohol Use among Chinese Men Who Have Sex with Men: An Epidemiological Survey and Meta-Analysis
Table 2
Comparison of HIV risky behaviors between alcohol drinking and nondrinking men who have sex with men in Beijing, China (
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| Risk factorsa | Alcohol consumption (, %) | value | <once per week | ≥once per week |
| Illicit drug use | | | <0.01 | No | 856 (98.1) | 249 (94.0) | | Yes | 17 (1.9) | 16 (6.0) | | Sexual orientation | | | <0.01 | Homosexual | 602 (69.8) | 156 (59.3) | | Heterosexual | 9 (1.0) | 4 (1.5) | | Bisexual | 252 (29.2) | 103 (39.2) | | Sex with female partner in past 6 months | | | <0.01 | No | 519 (59.3) | 102 (38.5) | | Yes | 356 (40.7) | 163 (61.5) | | Condom use with female partner in past 6 months | | | 0.67 | Every time | 56 (27.5) | 31 (30.4) | | Very often | 20 (9.8) | 6 (5.9) | | Rarely | 29 (14.2) | 16 (15.7) | | Never | 99 (48.5) | 49 (48) | | Number of lifetime female sex partners | | | 0.04 | <2 | 208 (23.8) | 79 (29.8) | | ≥2 | 667 (76.2) | 186 (70.2) | | Oral sex with male partner in past 6 months | | | 0.82 | No | 147 (16.8) | 43 (16.2) | | Yes | 726 (83.2) | 222 (83.8) | | Condom use during oral sex with male partner in past 6 months | | | 0.49 | Every time | 69 (9.5) | 167 (75.2) | | Very often | 36 (5.0) | 28 (12.6) | | Rarely | 72 (10.0) | 7 (3.2) | | Never | 546 (75.5) | 20 (9.0) | | Insertive anal sex with male partner in past 6 months | | | <0.01 | No | 313 (36.3) | 52 (19.6) | | Yes | 549 (63.7) | 213 (80.4) | | Condom use during insertive anal sex with male partner in past 6 months | | | 0.04 | Every time | 324 (59.5) | 117 (55.5) | | Very often | 125 (22.9) | 45 (21.3) | | Rarely | 54 (9.9) | 36 (17.0) | | Never | 42 (7.7) | 13 (6.2) | | Receptive anal sex with male partner in past 6 months | | | 0.94 | No | 376 (43.6) | 114 (43.3) | | Yes | 486 (56.4) | 149 (56.7) | | Condom use during receptive anal sex with male partner in past 6 months | | | 0.03 | Every time | 296 (60.8) | 74 (49.7) | | Very often | 102 (20.9) | 35 (23.5) | | Rarely | 44 (9.1) | 25 (16.8) | | Never | 45 (9.2) | 15 (10.0) | | Number of lifetime male sex partners | | | <0.01 | <10 | 352 (40.2) | 88 (33.2) | | ≥10 | 523 (59.8) | 177 (66.8) | | Anal sexual role with male partner | | | <0.01 | Mainly/definitely receptive | 299 (35.4) | 59 (23.1) | | Mainly/definitely insertive | 346 (41.0) | 135 (52.7) | | Versatileb | 199 (23.6) | 62 (24.2) | | Multiple concurrent male partners in past 12 months | | | 0.27 | No | 807 (93.0) | 241 (90.9) | | Yes | 61 (7.0) | 24 (9.1) | | Traded sex for money in the past 12 months | | | <0.01 | No | 839 (96.5) | 238 (89.8) | | Yes | 30 (3.5) | 27 (10.2) | | Forced sex with any male partner | | | 0.08 | No | 843 (97.0) | 251 (94.7) | | Yes | 26 (3.0) | 14 (5.3) | | Self-reported history of sexually transmitted diseases | | | 0.84 | No | 588 (69.7) | 180 (70.3) | | Yes | 256 (30.3) | 76 (29.7) | | Syphilis seropositive | | | 0.04 | No | 633 (72.3) | 208 (78.8) | | Yes | 242 (27.7) | 56 (21.2) | | HIV seropositive | | | 0.02 | No | 635 (72.7) | 211 (80.2) | | Yes | 238 (27.3) | 52 (19.8) | |
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Sample size varies due to missing data.
bVersatile indicates mixed receptive and insertive anal sex roles.
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