Number | 171 | 202 | |
Ethnicity
| | | |
White | 122 (71.3) | 5 (2.5) | <0.001 |
Black | 42 (24.6) | 194 (96.0) | |
Other | 7 (4.1) | 3 (1.5) | |
Age
| | | |
<30 years | 74 | 95 | |
⩾30 years | 97 | 107 | 0.468 |
Sexual preference
| | | |
Opposite sex | 58 (34.9) | 185 (97.9) | <0.001 |
Same sex | 87 (52.4) | 1 (0.5) | |
Both sexes | 21 (12.7) | 3 (1.6) | |
Reason for clinic visit
| | | |
Symptoms | 74 (45.4) | 110 (57.0) | 0.029 |
General screening | 82 (52.3) | 29 (15.0) | <0.001 |
HIV testing | 2 (1.2) | 18 (9.3) | 0.001 |
Contact STD | 41 (24.4) | 36 (17.9) | 0.126 |
Time from last sexual encounter to clinic visit
| | |
<7 days | 52 (30.4) | 108 (53.5) | <0.001 |
⩾7 days | 119 (69.6) | 94 (46.5) | |
Risk factors* | | | |
⩾3 partners in past month | 37 (21.6) | 22 (10.9) | 0.005 |
Injection drug use | 5 (3.0) | 15 (7.5) | 0.058 |
Sex for money/drugs | 3 (1.8) | 4 (2.0) | 0.89 |
Shares needles | 2 (1.2) | 5 (2.5) | 0.363 |
Non-injection drug use† | 66 (39.3) | 148 (74.0) | <0.001 |
Partner is IDU | 10 (6.0) | 12 (6.0) | 0.99 |
Partner is HIV+ | 17 (10.1) | 6 (3.0) | 0.005 |
Partner has exchanged sex | | | |
for money or drugs | 18 (10.7) | 28 (13.9) | 0.352 |
Condom use
| | | |
Never | 36 (22.2) | 66 (41.3) | <0.001 |
Sometimes | 116 (71.6) | 73 (45.6) | |
Always | 10 (6.2) | 21 (13.1) | |
STD testing
| | | |
Tested for syphilis | 147 (86) | 190 (95.0) | 0.005 |
Tested for gonorrhoea | 155 (90.6) | 179 (89.1) | 0.614 |
STD prevalences
| | | |
Gonorrhoea | 3 (2.0) | 24 (13.5) | 0.001 |
P and S syphilis‡ | 5 (3.5) | 3 (1.5) | 0.074 |