A Survey on HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, Risk Behaviors, and Characteristics of Men Who Have Sex with Men among University Students in Guangxi, China

Table 3

Knowledge, attitude, and risk behaviors for HIV/AIDS of MSM versus non-MSM in university.

Variables	Total	MSM (%)	Non-MSM (%)	OR (95% CI)	value
100% correct on HIV/AIDS-related knowledge
No	189 (32.70)	28 (57.14)	161 (30.43)	1.00
Yes	389 (67.30)	21 (42.86)	368 (69.57)	0.33 (0.18, 0.60)	<0.001
Are you afraid of AIDS?
No	120 (20.76)	26 (53.06)	94 (17.77)	1.00
A little	200 (34.60)	7 (14.29)	193 (36.48)	0.13 (0.06, 0.31)	<0.001
Very	258 (44.64)	16 (32.65)	242 (45.75)	0.24 (0.12, 0.47)	<0.001
Risk of HIV infection
Never	244 (42.21)	25 (51.02)	219 (41.40)	1.00
Low	299 (51.73)	16 (32.65)	283 (53.50)	0.50 (0.26, 0.95)	0.035
High	35 (6.06)	8 (16.33)	27 (5.10)	2.60 (1.07, 6.33)	0.036
Was there health education on homosexuality at school?
No	263 (45.50)	23 (46.94)	240 (45.37)	1.00
Yes	315 (54.50)	26 (53.06)	289 (54.63)	0.94 (0.52, 1.69)	0.833
Frequency of smoking
Never	426 (73.70)	19 (38.78)	407 (76.94)	1.00
Occasional	98 (16.96)	15 (30.61)	83 (15.69)	3.87 (1.89, 7.93)	<0.001
<10 cigarettes/day	46 (7.96)	12 (24.49)	34 (6.43)	7.56 (3.39, 16.88)	<0.001
10–20 cigarettes/day	4 (0.69)	2 (4.08)	2 (0.38)	21.42 (2.86, 160.39)	0.003
>20 cigarettes/day	4 (0.69)	1 (2.04)	3 (0.57)	7.14 (0.71, 71.90)	0.095
Frequency of alcohol consumption
Never	255 (44.12)	17 (34.69)	238 (44.99)	1.00
Occasional	273 (47.23)	17 (34.69)	256 (48.39)	0.93 (0.46, 1.86)	0.837
<250 ml/day	15 (2.60)	8 (16.33)	7 (1.32)	16.00 (5.18, 49.40)	<0.001
250–500 ml/day	16 (2.77)	3 (6.12)	13 (2.46)	3.23 (0.84, 12.44)	0.088
>500 ml/day	19 (3.29)	4 (8.16)	15 (2.84)	3.73 (1.12, 12.49)	0.033
Varieties of illegal injected drugs
No	510 (88.24)	25 (51.02)	485 (91.68)	1.00
Heroin	4 (0.69)	2 (4.08)	2 (0.38)	19.40 (2.62, 143.46)	0.004
Methamphetamine	59 (10.21)	19 (38.78)	40 (7.56)	9.22 (4.68, 18.15)	<0.001
Cocaine	1 (0.17)	1 (2.04)	0 (0.00)	3.1310 (0.00, -)	1.000
Other	4 (0.69)	2 (4.08)	2 (0.38)	19.40 (2.62, 143.46)	0.004
Frequency of condom use in the last six months ()
Every time	26 (19.40)	9 (18.37)	17 (20.00)	1.00
Sometimes	44 (32.84)	28 (57.14)	16 (18.82)	3.31 (1.20, 9.12)	0.021
Never	10 (7.46)	7 (14.29)	3 (3.53)	4.41 (0.91, 21.30)	0.065
No sex experience	54 (40.30)	5 (10.20)	49 (57.65)	0.19 (0.06, 0.66)	0.008