ArticleBMC public health2018
Prevalence of poppers use and its sexual risks among men who have sex with men in southwestern China: a cross-sectional study.
Article in BMC public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Trends in Past-Year Use of Poppers Among New York City Nightclub Attendees, 2017-2024.Substance use & addiction journal · 2026Article
- Comparison of clinical characteristics in acute and early HIV-1 infection across different subtypes: a hospital-based cohort study.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Access without speakability: rush use, chemsex boundaries, and sexual healthcare communication among MSM in China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Identifying patterns of sexual behaviors and PrEP uptake characteristics among MSM who were eligible for PrEP: A national cross-section study.Journal of virus eradication · 2024Article
- Sexual uses of drug and alcohol among men who have sex with men in China: implications for HIV prevention.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Correlates of group sex participation among men who have sex with men in Chongqing, Southwestern China.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Use of multiple recreational drugs is associated with new HIV infections among men who have sex with men in China: a multicenter cross-sectional survey.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Nitrite inhalants use, sexual behaviors and HIV/syphilis infection among men who have sex with men in Chongqing, China.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2020Article
- The Untimely Popping Phial: Poppers as an Unusual Cause of Skin Corrosion of the Thigh.Case reports in emergency medicine · 2020Article
- Use of "Poppers" among Adults in the United States, 2015-2017.Journal of psychoactive drugsArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundTo investigate the prevalence of poppers use and its relationship with sexual risk behaviors among men who have sex with men (MSM) in southwestern China.
methodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted in three cities of southwestern China between July and September 2016. Anonymous questionnaire survey was administered to collect data on demographics, drug use, sexual behaviors, history of STIs and HIV infection. Logistic regression analysis was performed to explore factors correlated with sexual risk behaviors including group sex and unprotected anal intercourse (UAI).
resultsOf the 1122 participants included in the study, 24.1% reported a history of poppers use. 11.6% MSM reported ever engaging in group sex and 36.2% participants reported UAI with non-regular male partners in the past 12 months. Multivariate logistic analysis showed that age > 25 (OR = 2.96, 95% CI 1.87-4.68), seeking sex partners through the internet (OR = 3.16, 95% CI 1.59-6.29), preferring receptive anal intercourse (OR = 1.91, 95% CI 1.12-3.26) and ever using poppers (OR = 1.88, 95% CI 1.25-2.83) were positively associated with engaging in group sex. Lower levels of education (OR = 1.93, 95% CI 1.33-2.80) and ever using poppers (OR = 1.44, 95% CI 1.01-2.05) were significantly correlated with UAI with non-regular partners.
conclusionsThe study suggested poppers was prevalent among MSM and its use was significantly associated with sexual risk behaviors. Given high prevalence of HIV among this subpopulation, comprehensive measures are needed to decrease poppers use and its potential risk for HIV transmission in southwestern China.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.