Table 2

 Characteristics of B attenders compared with W attenders

B (n = 165)W (n = 59)
Age3741
Age range: 17–80Age range: 18–77
Marital status (p = 0.028)Married: 7.3% (12)Married: 39% (16)
Divorced: 6.7% (11)Divorced: 7.5% (3)
Sexual identity (p<0.0001)Homosexual: 88.5% (146)Homosexual: 67% (39)
Bisexual: 9.7% (16)Bisexual: 33% (20)
Heterosexual: 1.8% (3)Heterosexual: 0% (0)
Injecting drug use history8.5% (14)3.4% (2)
Syphilis statusLatent infection: 1.8% (4)Latent infection: 1.7% (1)
Past treated: 2.7% (6)Past treated: 3.4% (2)