Factors associated with bisexually partnerships (having had both male and female sexual partners in preceding 6 months) among African MSM
| Total | Bisexually active | Univariate | Multivariate | ||
| n (%) | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | |
| Always wear condoms | 65/389 (16.7%) | 54/63 (85.7%) | 9/63 (14.2%) | 6.6 (3.2 to 13.9)† | 11.7 (3.9 to 35.5)† |
| Always wear condoms with casual partners | 117/527 (22.2%) | 90/108 (83.3%) | 18/108 (16.6%) | 6.0 (3.5 to 10.4)† | 10.2 (4.7 to 21.9)† |
| Always wear condoms with regular partners | 92/529 (17.4%) | 75/90 (83.3%) | 15/90 (16.6%) | 5.6 (3.1 to 10.0)† | 12.7 (4.7 to 33.9)† |
| Received money for transactional sex | 184/533 (34.5%) | 109/171 (63.7%) | 62/171 (36.3%) | 1.9 (1.3 to 2.7)† | 1.9 (1.1 to 3.5)* |
| Taken part in transactional sex | 240/532 (45.1%) | 134/227 (59.0%) | 93/227 (41.0%) | 1.5 (1.1 to 2.1)* | 1.7 (0.9 to 2.9) |
| Not use water-based lubricant | 210/340 (61.8%) | 116/202 (57.4%) | 86/202 (42.6%) | 2.0 (1.3 to 3.2)† | 2.0 (1.1 to 3.8)* |
| Less than secondary education | 348/536 (64.9%) | 194/335 (57.9%) | 141/335 (42.1%) | 1.6 (1.1 to 2.3)† | 1.3 (0.7 to 2.3) |
| Having been tested for HIV | 295/530 (55.7%) | 150/290 (51.7%) | 140/290 (48.3%) | 1.6 (1.1 to 2.3)* | 1.4 (0.8 to 2.5) |
| HIV-positive | 93/534 (17.4%) | 42/92 (45.6%) | 50/92 (54.3%) | 0.67 (0.43 to 1.06) | 0.7 (0.3 to 1.4) |
| Less than 24 years old | 289/534 (54.1%) | 157/277 (56.6%) | 120/277 (43.3%) | 1.3 (0.9 to 1.8) | 1.0 (0.5 to 1.8) |
| Employed | 251/534 (47.0%) | 131/245 (53.5%) | 114/245 (46.5%) | (0.7 to 1.4) | 0.7 (0.4 to 1.3) |
Not all columns add up due to missing values.
↵* Statistically significant (p<0.05).
↵† Statistically significant (p<0.01).
For multivariate analysis, we retained variables with a p value less than 0.05 and common confounders (education, employment and age) but excluded variables with significant colinearity.