Table 2 Awareness of genital wart and anal cancer.

From: Human Papillomavirus awareness and vaccine acceptability among men who have sex with men from mainland China

Item

All site n (%)

Developed Citiesa n (%)

Medium developed Citiesb n (%)

Less developed Citiesc n (%)

p-value

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Genital wart awareness

    

<0.01

  Never heard

1335 (43.7)

470 (39.1)

611 (50.0)

254 (40.1)

 

  A little

1161 (38.0)

533 (44.3)

397 (32.5)

231 (36.5)

 

  A moderate amount

422 (13.8)

157 (13.1)

157 (12.9)

108 (17.1)

 

  Quite a lot

139 (4.5)

42 (3.5)

57 (4.6)

40 (6.3)

 

Do you worry about getting genital warts

    

<0.01

  Not at all

505 (29.3)

147 (20.1)

246 (40.3)

112 (29.5)

 

  A little

700 (40.7)

318 (43.5)

246 (40.3)

136 (35.9)

 

  A moderate amount

322 (18.7)

178 (24.4)

74 (12.1)

70 (18.5)

 

  Quite a lot

194 (11.3)

88 (12.1)

45 (7.3)

61 (16.1)

 

Anal cancer awareness

    

<0.01

  Never heard

2326 (76.1)

857 (71.3)

987 (80.8)

482 (76.1)

 

  A little

575 (18.8)

277 (23.1)

183 (15.0)

115 (18.2)

 

  A moderate amount

130 (4.2)

58 (4.8)

41 (3.3)

31 (4.9)

 

  Quite a lot

26 (0.9)

10 (0.8)

11 (0.9)

5 (0.8)

 

Do you worry about getting anal cancer

    

<0.01

  Not at all

359 (49.1)

145 (42.0)

147 (62.5)

67 (44.4)

 

  A little

240 (32.8)

133 (38.6)

69 (29.4)

38 (25.2)

 

  A moderate amount

73 (10.0)

37 (10.7)

15 (6.4)

21 (13.9)

 

  Quite a lot

59 (8.1)

30 (8.7)

4 (1.7)

25 (16.5)

 

Have you heard of HPV

  Yes

629 (20.6)

265 (22.1)

225 (18.4)

139 (22.0)

0.05

  No

2428 (79.4)

937 (77.9)

997 (81.6)

494 (78.0)

 

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Can HPV be transmitted by sexual behavior

    

0.39

  Yes

517 (82.3)

189 (84.0)

210 (79.3)

118 (85.5)

 

  No

21 (3.4)

5 (2.2)

11 (4.1)

5 (3.6)

 

  Not sure

90 (14.3)

31 (13.8)

44 (16.6)

15 (10.9)

 

Can HPV cause genital warts

    

0.24

  Yes

432 (68.9)

179 (67.6)

160 (71.4)

93 (67.4)

 

  No

29 (4.6)

8 (3.0)

11 (4.9)

10 (7.2)

 

  Not sure

166 (26.5)

78 (29.4)

53 (23.7)

35 (25.4)

 

Can HPV cause anal cancer

    

0.02

  Yes

345 (55.0)

139 (52.5)

130 (57.8)

76 (55.5)

 

  No

39 (6.2)

11 (4.1)

12 (5.3)

16 (11.7)

 

  Not sure

243 (38.8)

115 (43.4)

83 (36.9)

45 (32.8)

 
  1. Abbreviation: HPV, human papillomavirus; aDeveloped Cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin; bMedium developed Cities: Xi’an, Chengdu, Chongqing, Wuhan; cLess developed Cities: Zhengzhou, Taiyuan.
  2. Data source: a multicenter cross-sectional study that conducted in men who have sex with men from 10 cities in mainland China between December 2012 and July 2014.
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