Table 3 Sexual violence and risk behaviour history before HIV diagnosis among study participants

Any time in life

 Frequently, almost always or always

3.85 [1.19,9.79]

19.4 [16.5,22.6]

<0.001

 Sex with men only

91.7 [85.3,95.6]

80.6 [78.1,82.9]

0.01

 Sex with women only

4.13 [1.53,9.56]

9.46 [7.82,11.4]

 Sex with men and women

4.13 [1.53,9.56]

9.93 [8.26,11.9]

Risk behavior at sexual encounters before diagnosis

Frequency of condom use

 Never

73.8 [65.3,80.8]

49.8 [46.7,52.8]

<0.001

 Sometimes

11.5 [6.84,18.5]

23.1 [20.6,25.8]

 Frequently, almost always or always

14.8 [9.45,22.2]

27.1 [24.5,29.9]

Frequency of alcohol use

 Never

70.7 [62.1,78.1]

55.2 [52.1,58.2]

<0.001

 Sometimes

18.7 [12.7,26.6]

27.9 [25.3,30.8]

 Frequently, almost always or always

10.6 [6.16,17.4]

16.9 [14.7,19.3]

Frequency of drug use

 Never

86.7 [79.3,91.7]

79.8 [77.2,82.1]

0.20

 Sometimes

7.50 [3.82,13.8]

10.8 [9.07,12.9]

 Frequently, almost always or always

5.83 [2.65,11.8]

9.38 [7.73,11.3]

Frequency of both drug and alcohol use

 Never

88.5 [81.5,93.2]

80.2 [77.7,82.6]

0.06

 Sometimes

4.92 [2.05,10.5]

11.4 [9.54,13.4]

 Frequently, almost always or always

6.56 [3.18,12.6]

8.41 [6.86,10.3]

Sexual abuse

 Sexually abused at least once

17.9 [12.7,24.6]

12.6 [10.9,14.6]

0.09

 Average (sd) number of times sexually abused

11.8 [4.66,18.9]

3.69 [2.72,4.67]

0.02

 Age when first sexually abused

17.9 [13.6,22.2]

13.5 [11.9,15.2]

0.05

Number of sexual encounters in the last month ^a

9.30 [6.57,12.0]

9.18 [8.30,10.1]

0.94

Age of first sexual intercourse

16.9 [16.3,17.6]

15.5 [15.2,15.7]

<0.001