ArticleJournal of the International AIDS Society2016
Decreasing age at first anal intercourse among men who have sex with men in China: a multicentre cross-sectional survey.
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- Factors associated with risk sexual behaviours of HIV/STDs infection among university students in Henan, China: a cross-sectional study.Reproductive health · 2021Article
- Disparity of human immunodeficiency virus incidence and drug resistance in college student, non-student youth and older men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional study from seven major cities of China.Chinese medical journal · 2020Article
- Adolescent and non-consensual anal sexual debut among Chinese men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional study.BMC infectious diseases · 2020Article
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- HIV epidemics in Shenzhen and Chongqing, China.PloS one · 2018Article
- Human Papillomavirus Positivity in the Anal Canal in HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Men Who Have Anal Sex with Men in Guangzhou, China: Implication for Anal Exams and Early Vaccination.BioMed research international · 2017Article
- Early Sexual Debut and HIV Infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Shenzhen, China.BioMed research international · 2016Article
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Abstract
introductionLiterature on the age at first anal intercourse (AFAI) among men who have sex with men (MSM) is limited. We aimed to elucidate the evolution of AFAI and the factors associated with early AFAI, based on a large sample of MSM in China.
methodsWe collected information on the demographics and sexual behaviours of MSM from seven large cities in China from 2012 to 2013. Blood samples were collected for HIV serology. AFAI was calculated for MSM born in different time periods. Linear regression models were used to explore factors associated with younger AFAI.
resultsA total of 4491 MSM (median age: 27 years, median AFAI: 21 years) were recruited. Median AFAI decreased steadily from 33 years of age among MSM born from 1940 to 1959 to 18 years of age among MSM born from 1990 to 1996. Factors significantly associated with younger AFAI included more recent birth cohort, being unmarried or living with a male partner, being a student or industry worker, the gender of the first partner being male, and using Rush or Ecstasy in the past six months (p for all <0.05).
conclusionsAFAI among MSM in China has considerably decreased over the past few decades. The decreasing AFAI and factors associated with younger AFAI point to the necessity of early sex education and control of recreational drug use among MSM in China.
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