Table 1.
Demographics and risk behaviours and associations with syphilis infection among 600 male clients
| Total N=600 N (%) |
|
|---|---|
| Demographics | |
| Age: median, years (range) | 38 (18–75) |
| >38 | 264 (44.0) |
| ≤38 | 336 (56.0) |
| Yi ethnicity | |
| Yes | 22 (3.7) |
| No | 578 (96.3) |
| Household registration | |
| Local | 549 (91.5) |
| Other | 51 (8.5) |
| Employment* | |
| Employed | 471 (78.5) |
| Unemployed | 105 (17.5) |
| Monthly income (yuan)† | |
| >1000 | 358 (60.1) |
| ≤1000 | 238 (39.9) |
| Education | |
| At least senior high school | 124 (20.7) |
| Less than senior high school | 476 (79.3) |
| Married | |
| Yes | 351 (58.5) |
| No | 249 (41.5) |
| Having non-paid regular partner | |
| Yes | 493 (82.2) |
| No | 107 (17.8) |
| Having non-paid casual partner | |
| Yes | 270 (45.0) |
| No | 330 (55.0) |
| Drug use behaviours | |
| Methadone clients | |
| Yes | 69 (11.5) |
| No | 531 (86.5) |
| Injected heroin** | |
| Yes | 47 (7.8) |
| No | 553 (92.2) |
| Snorted heroin** | |
| Yes | 46 (7.7) |
| No | 554 (92.3) |
| Used club drugs** †† | |
| Yes | 64 (10.7) |
| No | 536 (89.3) |
| Commercial sex behaviours | |
| Consistent condom use with FSW | |
| Yes | 183 (30.5) |
| No | 417 (69.5) |
| Ranks of commercial sex work‡ | |
| Low | 172 (28.7) |
| Middle | 363 (60.6) |
| High | 64 (10.7) |
| Always wash the genitals after having sex with FSW§ | |
| Yes | 492 (82.3) |
| No | 106 (17.7) |
| Always drink alcohol before visiting FSW¶ | |
| Yes | 128 (21.4) |
| No | 470 (78.6) |
| HIV | |
| Positive | 9 (1.5) |
| Negative | 591 (98.5) |
| Syphilis | |
| Positive | 32 (5.3) |
| Negative | 568 (94.7) |
| Self-report STI history | |
| Yes | 186 (31.5) |
| No | 404 (68.5) |
| HCV | |
| Positive | 52 (8.7) |
| Negative | 548 (91.3) |
*
24 Cases were missing.
†
Four cases were missing.
‡
One case was missing.
§
Two cases were missing.
¶
Two cases were missing.
**
In the past 6 months.
††
Methamphetamine, ketamine, ecstasy.
p<0.10;
*
p<0.05;
**
p<0.01;
***
p<0.001.
FSW, female sex worker; HCV, hepatitis C virus; STI, sexually transmitted infection.