Sociodemographic features | | | |
Age (years) | 29.9 | 29.2 | 0.329 |
SD 7.8 | SD 7.3 |
New patient | 76/164 (46.3%) | 262 (54.1%) | 0.084 |
No education or primary education only | 35 (21.2%) | 69 (14.3%) | 0.035 |
Married | 12 (7.3%) | 40 (8.3%) | 0.685 |
Living with partner | 50 (30.3%) | 140/483 (29.0%) | 0.748 |
Uncircumcised | 158 (95.8%) | 431 (90.0%) | 0.022 |
Serology | | | |
HIV positive | 126/164 (76.8%) | 236/320 (49.2%) | <0.001 |
HSV-2 antibody positive | 140/162 (86.4%) | 347/480 (72.3%) | <0.001 |
Positive syphilis serology (TPHA + RPR) | 17/164 (10.4%) | 29/481 (6.0%) | 0.062 |
Sexual behaviour | | | |
Lifetime no. of sex partners | 159, mean 14.2 | 475, mean 15.1 | 0.483 |
SD 11.0 | SD 12.3 |
No. of partners in past 3 months | 164, mean 1.71 | 482, mean 1.87 | 0.180 |
SD 0.9 | SD 1.4 |
Current no. of partners | 160, mean 1.36 | 477, mean 2.06 | 0.140 |
SD 0.9 | SD 1.34 |
Sex worker contact in past 3 months | 0/103 (0%) | 8/313 (2.6% | 0.209* |
Always uses condoms with casual partners | 51/123 (41.5%) | 144/343 (42.0%) | 0.920 |