TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of poppers and HIV risk behaviours among men who have sex with men in Paris, France
T2 - An observational study
AU - Hambrick, H. Rhodes
AU - Park, Su Hyun
AU - Palamar, Joseph J.
AU - Estreet, Anthony
AU - Schneider, John A.
AU - Duncan, Dustin T.
N1 - Funding Information:
Dustin T. Duncan was funded, in part, by grants from the National Institutes of Health (R01MH112406, R21MH110190, and R03DA039748) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U01PS005122). This work was supported by Dustin T. Duncan’s New York University School of Medicine Start-Up Research Fund. The authors thank the translators and participants of this study who contributed to the project.
Publisher Copyright:
© CSIRO. 2018.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The use of inhaled nitrites, or poppers, among men who have sex with men (MSM) is prevalent, yet has been associated with HIV seroconversion. We surveyed 580 MSM from a geosocial networking smartphone application in Paris, France, in 2016. Of the respondents, 46.7% reported popper use within the previous 3 months. Regression models adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics found that the use of poppers was significantly (P < 0.05) associated with the following during the prior 3 months: condomless anal intercourse (adjusted relative risk (aRR) 1.27, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.07-1.50), use of alcohol and/or drugs during sex once or twice (adjusted relative risk ratio (aRRR) 2.33, 95% CI 1.44-2.03), three to five times (aRRR 5.41, 95% CI 2.98-9.84) or six or more times (aRRR 4.09, 95% CI 2.22-7.56), participation in group sex (aRRR 3.70, 95% CI 2.33-5.90) and self-reported diagnosis with any sexually transmissible infection over the previous year (aRR 1.63, 95% CI 1.18-2.27), specifically chlamydia (aRR 2.75, 95% CI 1.29-4.29) and syphilis (aRR 2.27, 95% CI 1.29-4.29).
AB - The use of inhaled nitrites, or poppers, among men who have sex with men (MSM) is prevalent, yet has been associated with HIV seroconversion. We surveyed 580 MSM from a geosocial networking smartphone application in Paris, France, in 2016. Of the respondents, 46.7% reported popper use within the previous 3 months. Regression models adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics found that the use of poppers was significantly (P < 0.05) associated with the following during the prior 3 months: condomless anal intercourse (adjusted relative risk (aRR) 1.27, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.07-1.50), use of alcohol and/or drugs during sex once or twice (adjusted relative risk ratio (aRRR) 2.33, 95% CI 1.44-2.03), three to five times (aRRR 5.41, 95% CI 2.98-9.84) or six or more times (aRRR 4.09, 95% CI 2.22-7.56), participation in group sex (aRRR 3.70, 95% CI 2.33-5.90) and self-reported diagnosis with any sexually transmissible infection over the previous year (aRR 1.63, 95% CI 1.18-2.27), specifically chlamydia (aRR 2.75, 95% CI 1.29-4.29) and syphilis (aRR 2.27, 95% CI 1.29-4.29).
KW - HIV prevention
KW - STIs
KW - substance use
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U2 - 10.1071/SH17217
DO - 10.1071/SH17217
M3 - Article
C2 - 29852927
AN - SCOPUS:85049257055
SN - 1448-5028
VL - 15
SP - 370
EP - 373
JO - Sexual Health
JF - Sexual Health
IS - 4
ER -