Table 1 Factors associated with potential transmission links (N = 732).

From: Patterns and risk of HIV-1 transmission network among men who have sex with men in Guangxi, China

Characteristics

Total

0 Link, n (%)

1 Link, n (%)

 ≥ 2 Link2, n (%)

χ2

P

Years of diagnosis

2.1

0.350

2013–2015

155

30 (19.4%)

10 (6.5%)

115 (74.2%)

  

2016–2018

577

96 (16.6%)

57 (9.9%)

424 (73.5%)

Region

2.269

0.322

Locals

710

120 (16.9%)

64 (9.0%)

526 (74.1%)

  

Migrants

22

6 (27.3%)

3 (13.6%)

13 (59.1%)

Age

1.205

0.548

 < 35 years

583

100 (17.2%)

50 (8.6%)

433 (74.3%)

  

 ≥ 35 years

149

26 (17.2%)

17 (11.4%)

106 (71.1%)

Marital status

13.433

0.009

Singlehood

609

103 (16.9%)

49 (8.0%)

457 (75.0%)

  

Married

91

15 (16.5%)

17 (18.7%)

59 (64.8%)

Divorced or widowed

32

8 (25.0%)

1 (3.1%)

23 (71.9%)

Educational level

5.508

0.480

Junior high school and below

128

30 (23.4%)

9 (7.0%)

89 (69.5%)

  

High school or technical school

214

36 (16.8%)

23 (10.7%)

155 (72.4%)

College and above

379

58 (15.3%)

34 (9.0%)

287 (75.7%)

Unknown

11

2 (18.2%)

1 (9.1%)

8 (72.7%)

Ethnicity

8.647

0.071

Han

426

64 (15.0%)

33 (7.7%)

329 (77.2%)

  

Zhuang

259

55 (21.2%)

27 (10.4%)

177 (68.3%)

Others

47

7 (14.9%)

7 (14.9%)

33 (70.2%)

Subtype

42.08

 < 0.001

CRF01_AE

245

50 (20.4%)

29 (11.8%)

166 (67.8%)

  

CRF07_BC

369

52 (13.9%)

29 (7.9%)

288 (78.3%)

CRF55_01B

83

9 (9.8%)

3 (3.7%)

71 (86.6%)

Others

35

15 (45.9%)

6 (16.2%)

14 (37.8%)

Infection timea

122.186

 < 0.001

Recent infection

106

21 (19.8%)

15 (14.2%)

70 (66.0%)

  

Long-term infection

363

237 (55.0%)

77 (19.6%)

49 (25.4%)

  1. aOnly 469 newly diagnosed MSM in Guangxi from 2016 to 2018 were tested with the LAg-Avidity EIA to classify recent HIV-1 infections.