Research Article

Early Sexual Debut and HIV Infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Shenzhen, China

Table 3

Distribution of early sexual debut by HIV infection status.

VariablesCategoryTotal sample (%)HIV positive (%)HIV negative (%) value value

Early VSD0.1170.732
Yes7 (2.0)2 (28.6)5 (71.4)
No347 (98.0)80 (23.1)267 (76.9)
Early ASD4.1780.041
Yes24 (4.5)10 (41.7)14 (58.3)
No509 (95.5)119 (23.4)390 (76.6)
Early sexual debut2.6920.101
Yes30 (5.6)11 (36.7)19 (63.3)
No503 (94.4)118 (23.5)385 (76.5)