Patterns and Trajectories of Anal Intercourse Practice Over the Life Course Among US Women at Risk of HIV.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Condomless anal intercourse (AI) confers a far greater likelihood of HIV transmission than condomless vaginal intercourse (VI). However, little is known about AI practice over the life course of women, to what extent AI practice is condom-protected, and whether it is associated with other HIV risk behaviors. We aim to describe longitudinal AI practice among HIV-seronegative women and to identify subgroups with distinct trajectories of AI practice.

Methods

Using data from the Women's Interagency HIV Study, an observational cohort of US women with or at risk for HIV, we described AI practice among HIV-seronegative participants. Group-based trajectory modeling was used to identify distinct AI trajectories. We used multinomial regression to examine associations betw

SUBMITTER: Owen BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9559060 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature