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Meta-Analysis
. 2015:2015:850132.
doi: 10.1155/2015/850132. Epub 2015 Dec 8.

Sexual Risk Behaviors and HIV Infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women in China: Evidence from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Hong-Yi Wang  1 , Jun-Jie Xu  1 , Hua-Chun Zou  2 , Kathleen Heather Reilly  3 , Christiana Meng Zhang  4 , Ke Yun  1 , Yong-Ze Li  1 , Yong-Jun Jiang  1 , Wen-Qing Geng  1 , Hong Shang  1 , Ning Wang  5
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Meta-Analysis

Sexual Risk Behaviors and HIV Infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women in China: Evidence from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Hong-Yi Wang et al. Biomed Res Int. 2015.

Abstract

Objectives: To understand the current risk of HIV infection and transmission and further elucidate the underlying risk factors among men who have sex with men and women (MSMW) in China.

Methods: Following PRISMA guidelines, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of searching through Chinese and English available literature databases between January 2000 and June 2014 to identify articles.

Results: Thirty-six articles (including 19,730 MSMW and 53,536 MSMO) met the selection criteria and the aggregated results found that MSMW have significantly higher HIV prevalence than MSMO (6.6% versus 5.4%, OR = 1.27, 95% CI = 1.01-1.58). A higher proportion of MSMW had commercial male partners in the past 6 months (18.3% versus 12.2%, OR = 1.56, 95% CI = 1.01-2.42). Additionally, substance use in the past 6 months was significantly more frequent among MSMW than MSMO (alcohol use: 27.1% versus 13.1%, OR = 2.53, 95% CI = 2.14-2.99; illicit drug use: 5.3% versus 2.5%, OR = 2.09, 95% CI = 1.48-2.95).

Conclusion: A higher proportion of commercial sex and substance use among MSMW may be a potentially indicative factor for significantly higher HIV prevalence compared to MSMO. Targeted interventions should aim at increasing the frequency of HIV/STIs screening and preventing high risk commercial sex and substance use among MSMW to decrease their HIV transmission to the general population.

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Flow diagram of studies included in analysis.
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Forest plot of OR pool estimates of HIV infection among MSMW, compared to MSMO.
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