Table 1 Prevalence of and determinants for opting out among 3887 new consultations to MSM with previous negative or unknown HIV serostatus, STI outpatient clinic, Health Service of Amsterdam, 2007
No opting out/total no in category (%)Univariate OR (95% CI)Adjusted OR† (95% CI)p Value
New consultations477/3887 (12.3)
Sexual orientation
    Bisexual (vs homosexual)31/477 (6.4)0.45 (0.31 to 0.66)0.41 (0.27 to 0.60)
Age, years
Mean age (tested 36.35 (SD 10.94) not tested 40.23 (SD 9.45))
    <2961/1115 (5.5)11
    30–39170/1336 (12.7)2.52 (1.86 to 3.42)2.86 (2.08 to 3.92)<0.001
    40–49183/955 (19.2)4.10 (3.02 to 5.55)4.11 (2.99 to 5.66)<0.001
    ⩾5063/481 (13.1)2.60 (1.80 to 3.77)2.58 (1.75 to 3.81)<0.001
Ethnicity
    Dutch (vs non-Dutch)366/2780 (13.2)1.36 (1.09 to 1.70)
HIV test
    Never been tested before (vs ever tested)162/625 (25.9)3.27 (2.65 to 4.05)3.96 (3.14 to 4.99)
Triage items*
    STI-related complaints (vs no complaints)265/1505 (17.6)2.19 (1.80 to 2.66)2.08 (1.68 to 2.57)
    Notified by sexual partner (vs not notified)81/513 (15.8)1.41 (1.09 to 1.83)1.85 (1.39 to 2.45)
    Receiving payment for sex (vs no payment)5/140 (3.6)0.26 (0.10 to 0.63)
Diagnoses at consultation*
    Gonorrhoea (vs no gonorrhoea)69/340 (20.3)1.96 (1.48 to 2.60)1.76 (1.29 to 2.41)
    Chlamydia (vs no chlamydia)51/342 (14.9)1.28 (0.94 to 1.76)
    Hepatitis B carrier (vs no carrier)3/22 (13.6)1.13 (0.33 to 3.83)
    Infectious syphilis (vs no infectious syphilis)21/99 (21.2)1.97 (1.20 to 3.22)1.73 (1.02 to 2.93)
    Genital HSV I/II (vs no HSV)5/50 (10.0)0.79 (0.31 to 2.01)
    Genital warts (vs no warts)22/180 (12.2)0.99 (0.63 to 1.57)
Syndromes
    Non-specific proctitis (vs no proctitis)28/149 (18.8)1.70 (1.11 to 2.59)1.64 (1.04 to 2.57)
    Non-specific ulcus (vs no or specific ulcus)7/56 (12.5)1.02 (0.46 to 2.27)
    Non-specific urethritis (vs no urethritis)70/529 (13.2)1.11 (0.84 to 1.45)
Anal sex
    No anal sex or anal sex with condom290/2074 (14.0)11
    UAI with casual partner only100/937 (10.7)0.74 (0.58 to 0.94)0.75 (0.58 to 0.97)<0.05
    UAI with steady partner only75/718 (10.4)0.72 (0.55 to 0.94)0.76 (0.57 to 1.01)
    UAI with casual and steady partners12/158 (7.6)0.51 (0.28 to 0.92)0.44 (0.23 to 0.83)<0.001
Injecting drug use0/15 (0)
  • *Visitors may score on several items; †Odds ratios (OR) in the multivariate model are adjusted for all factors for which adjusted OR are shown. HSV, herpes simplex virus; MSM, men who have sex with men; STI, sexually transmitted infection; UAI, unprotected anal intercourse.