Table 1

Demographic, behavioural and sexually transmitted infection findings in the participants

Variable	Responses	Had been tested for STIs/HIV (n=1103)		Never been tested for STIs/HIV (n=242)		P value
Variable	Responses	n	%	n	%	P value
Age range (years)	<20	8	0.73	33	13.64	0.0001*
	21–25	274	24.84	78	32.23
	26–30	540	48.96	53	21.90
	31–35	238	21.58	52	21.49
	>36	43	3.90	26	10.74
Alcohol/substance use before sex	Always	427	38.71	39	16.12	0.0001*
	Never	385	34.90	177	73.14
	Sometimes	291	26.38	26	10.74
Use of mobile applications to find sexual partners	Always	501	45.42	61	25.21	0.0001*
	Never	268	24.30	141	58.26
	Sometimes	334	30.28	40	16.53
Perceived risk of HIV	Yes	404	36.63	41	16.94	0.0001*
	No	526	47.69	87	35.95
	Don't know	173	15.68	114	47.11
Hepatitis B vaccination	Vaccinated	489	44.33	169	69.83	0.02*
Hepatitis B vaccination	Not vaccinated	614	55.67	73	30.17	0.02*
HPV vaccination	Vaccinated	43	3.90	0	0.00	0.29
HPV vaccination	Not vaccinated	1060	96.10	242	100.00	0.29
Protected sexual encounters on the last 10 occasions (n)	0	88	7.98	71	29.34	0.02*
	1–5	138	12.5	42	17.36
	6–9	447	40.53	72	29.74
	10	430	38.98	57	23.55
	Mean 7.40, SD 3.11			Mean 5.20, SD 4.24
Condyloma/genital warts	Yes	399	36.17	12	4.96	0.007*
Condyloma/genital warts	No	704	63.83	230	95.04	0.007*
Chlamydia	Yes	153	13.87	29	11.98	0.04*
Chlamydia	No	950	86.13	213	88.02	0.04*
Gonorrhoea	Yes	110	9.97	31	12.81	0.035*
Gonorrhoea	No	993	90.03	211	87.19	0.035*
Herpes	Yes	138	12.51	29	11.98	0.95
Herpes	No	965	87.49	213	88.02	0.95
Mycoplasma genitalium	Yes	22	1.99	7	2.89	0.98
Mycoplasma genitalium	No	1081	98.01	235	97.11	0.98
Syphilis	Yes	116	10.52	7	2.89	0.17
Syphilis	No	987	89.48	235	97.11	0.17
HIV	Yes	73	6.62	7	2.89	0.43
HIV	No	1030	93.38	235	97.11	0.43
Scabies/pediculosis	Yes	44	3.99	15	6.20	0.7
Scabies/pediculosis	No	1059	96.01	227	93.80	0.7
Lymphogranuloma venereum	Yes	5	0.45	0	0.00	0.8
Lymphogranuloma venereum	No	1098	99.55	242	100.00	0.8
Hepatitis B	Yes	8	0.73	0	0.00	0.97
Hepatitis B	No	1095	99.27	242	100.00	0.97
Hepatitis C	Yes	1	0.09	0	0.00	0.99
Hepatitis C	No	1102	99.91	242	100.00	0.99
Never had any STI	Yes	428	38.80	146	60.33	0.02*
Never had any STI	No	675	61.20	96	39.67	0.02*

*Significant statistical result (p<0.05).
HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; HPV, human papillomavirus; SD, standard deviation; STI, sexually transmitted infection.