Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants
Characteristics | Overall n (col%) | Intervention n (col %) | Control n (col %) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total, n | 442 (100.0) | 247 (100.0) | 195 (100.0) | |
Age, year | 0.124 | |||
<30 | 238 (53.8) | 125 (50.6) | 113 (57.9) | |
≥30 | 204 (46.2) | 122 (49.4) | 82 (42.1) | |
Ethnicity | 0.310 | |||
Han | 395 (89.4) | 224 (90.7) | 171 (87.7) | |
Others | 47 (10.6) | 23 (9.3) | 24 (12.3) | |
Education | 0.856 | |||
College or above | 361 (81.7) | 201 (81.4) | 160 (82.1) | |
High school or below | 81 (18.3) | 46 (18.6) | 35 (17.9) | |
Marital status | 0.546 | |||
Single | 231 (52.3) | 131 (53.0) | 100 (51.3) | |
Cohabitating with male partners | 176 (39.8) | 94 (38.1) | 82 (42.1) | |
Married or cohabiting with a female partner | 25 (5.7) | 17 (6.9) | 8 (4.1) | |
Separated, divorced, or widowed | 10 (2.3) | 5 (2.0) | 5 (2.6) | |
Income, US $ per month | 0.122 | |||
<580 | 165 (37.3) | 82 (33.2) | 83 (42.6) | |
580–1159 | 147 (33.3) | 89 (36.0) | 58 (29.7) | |
>1159 | 130 (29.4) | 76 (30.8) | 54 (27.7) | |
PrEP regimen | 0.146 | |||
Daily PrEP | 255 (57.7) | 150 (60.7) | 105 (53.8) | |
Event-driven PrEP | 187 (42.3) | 97 (39.3) | 90 (46.2) | |
Daily PrEP baseline adherence | 224 (87.8) | 135 (90.0) | 89 (84.8) | 0.208 |
Event-driven PrEP baseline adherence | 124 (66.3) | 68 (70.1) | 56 (62.2) | 0.255 |
Sexual orientation | 0.272 | |||
Homosexual | 344 (77.8) | 197 (79.8) | 147 (75.4) | |
Bisexual, straight, or other | 98 (22.2) | 50 (20.2) | 48 (24.6) | |
Sexual role with man | 0.795 | |||
Top | 171 (38.7) | 99 (40.1) | 72 (36.9) | |
Bottom | 123 (27.8) | 67 (27.1) | 56 (28.7) | |
Versatile | 148 (33.5) | 81 (32.8) | 67 (34.4) | |
Venue for seeking sex | 0.709 | |||
Online (Gay dating application) | 265 (60.0) | 150 (60.7) | 115 (59.0) | |
Offline (Park/ public bath/bar) | 177 (40.0) | 97 (39.3) | 80 (41.0) | |
Sexual behaviors in the past 3 months | ||||
Has regular partner(s) | 311 (70.4) | 181 (73.3) | 130 (66.7) | 0.131 |
Has CAI with regular partner(s) | 179 (40.5) | 101 (40.9) | 78 (40.0) | 0.850 |
Has casual partner(s) | 204 (46.2) | 105 (42.5) | 99 (50.8) | 0.084 |
Has CAI with casual partner(s) | 97 (21.9) | 56 (22.7) | 41 (21.0) | 0.678 |
Substance use disordera | 188 (42.5) | 104 (42.1) | 84 (43.1) | 0.837 |
Active syphilis infection | 38 (8.6) | 21 (8.5) | 17 (8.7) | 0.936 |
