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Table 3 Hierarchy of HIV risk management by measured HIV status of the respondents and effects on HIV exposure of partners of HIV-positive respondents, Sialon-II bio-behavioural survey, 2013–2014

From: HIV serostatus knowledge and serostatus disclosure with the most recent anal intercourse partner in a European MSM sample recruited in 13 cities: results from the Sialon-II study

Hierarchy of risk management

Risk management

HIV-negative

Proportion excluding missing

HIV-positive

Proportion excluding missing

Total

Proportion excluding (including) missing

Partner exposure

1

condom use

1878

 

146

 

2024

50.9%

 

1 + 2

condom use +treatment

n.a.

 

75

 

75

 

2

treatment

n.a.

 

92

 

92

  

Subtotal

disclosure-independent risk management

1878

50.9%

313

72.5%

2191

53.1%

(44.7%)

 

3 + 4

serostatus disclosure

789

21.4%

18

8.8%

807

19.6%

(16.5%)

 

3

serostatus concordance disclosure (correct)

HIV-negative serostatus concordance: 743

 

HIV-positive serostatus concordance: 8

 

751

  
 

>1p

14

 

0

   
 

nsp

110

 

2

   
 

sp

619

 

6

   

4

serostatus discordance disclosure (correct)

partner disclosed having HIV: 46

 

respondent disclosed having HIV: 10

 

56

 

10

 

>1 p

2

 

2

   
 

nsp

8

 

5

   
 

sp

36

 

3

   

5 + 6

no (or incorrect) serostatus disclosure

1026

27.8%

101

23.4%

1127

27.3%

(23.0%)

 

5

serostatus disclosure (incorrect)

  

failed serosorting: 20

4.6%

  

20

 

>1p

  

2

   
 

nsp

  

5

   
 

sp

  

13

   

6

no condom, no treatment, no disclosure

1026

27.8%

81

18.8%

1107

26.8%

(22.6%)

81

 

HIV negative concordance assumption

504

13.6%

30

6.9%

  
 

>1p

22

 

3

   
 

nsp

212

 

14

   
 

sp

270

 

13

   
 

no reported assumptions

522

14.1%

51

11.8%

  
 

>1p

43

 

8

   
 

nsp

245

 

24

   
 

sp

234

 

19

   

Subtotal, missing excluded

 

3693

100%

432

100%

4125

100%

(84.2%)

111

Missing

missing data on disclosure and/or type of partner

612

65

677

(13.8%)

65

 

>1p

14

 

4

   
 

nsp

49

 

9

   
 

sp

72

 

13

   
 

mpd

477

 

39

   
 

missing or conflicting information on HIV serostatus

    

99

(2.0%)

 

Total

 

4305

 

497

 

4901

(100%)

176

  1. nsp = non-steady partner; sp. = steady partner; >1p = more than one partner; mpd = missing partner data
  2. The italic numbers are the total numbers and percentages of participants in the respective hierarchical risk management category