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Table 3 Diagnosed STIs, stratified by recruitment method: n (%); results for lifetime and the previous 12 months

From: Self-reported history of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and STI-related utilization of the German health care system by men who have sex with men: data from a large convenience sample

 

Chat- & Dating Sites

n = 3,267

'Bareback' website

n = 447

Medical Facilities

n = 671

 

Last 12 m.

Lifetime

Last 12 m.

Lifetime

Last 12 m.

Lifetime

HIV

55 (1.7)§

217 (6.6)

61 (13,7)§

240 (53.7)

68 (10,1)§

417 (62.1)

HCV

16 (0.5)

33 (1.0)

16 (3.6)

27 (6.0)

19 (2.8)

46 (6.9)

Chlamydia

69 (2.1)

191 (5.8)

46 (10.3)

106 (23.7)

55 (8.2)

135 (20.1)

Syphilis

81 (2.5)

238 (7.3)

77 (17.2)

169 (37.8)

64 (9.5)

191 (28.5)

Gonorrhoea (urethral)

101 (3.1)

425 (13.0)

74 (16.6)

180 (40.3)

47 (7.0)

211 (31.4)

Gonorrhoea (rectal)

26 (0.8)

76 (2.3)

19 (4.3)

49 (11.0)

22 (3.3)

68 (10.1)

Gonorrhoea (pharyngeal)

14 (0.4)

36 (1.1)

5 (1.1)

20 (4.5)

10 (1.5)

20 (3.0

Any of the above (not HIV)

233 (7.1)

688 (21.1)

167 (37.4)

293 (65.5)

152 (22.7)

380 (56.6)

Of those: Informed partner(s)

98 (42.1)

 

68 (40.7)

 

111 (73.0)

 
  1. § Latest HIV test in 2005 or 2006 (i.e. within the previous 18 months); assuming that HIV-testing is equally spread over the year, this value was adjusted to 12 months