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Document 2493
DOCN M94A2493
TI HIV infection in a national sample of homosexual men in The Netherlands.
DT 9412
AU Wiessing LG; Houweling H; Sandfort TG; Schop W; Bosga MB; Van den Akker
R; Hoogenveen RT; Natl Inst Public Health (RIVM)/University of Utrecht,;
Netherlands.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):291 (abstract no. PC0089). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370082
AB OBJECTIVES: Data on the prevalence of HIV infection among homosexual men
in The Netherlands are lacking. In this cross-sectional study the unique
possibility exists to correct the prevalence estimate for selection bias
related with the HIV test. To our knowledge this has not been done on a
national level before. METHODS: Participants in the study including a
blood test (n = 308), were recruited in 1991/1992 among 1134 male
respondents of a non-HIV specific questionnaire without a blood test
included in 1989 in the 'Gay Krant', a national magazine for
homosexuals. Participants in the blood test in 1991/1992 were compared
(bi- and multivariate) with the other respondents of 1989, on
self-reported risk behavior and self-reported serostatus in 1989. On the
basis of self-reported serostatus in 1989 the measured seroprevalence in
1991/1992 was corrected in a logistic model for selection bias connected
with the blood test. Other studies indicate that readers of the Gay
Krant possibly have a lower risk of HIV infection than homosexual men in
general. RESULTS: Among the 308 participants in the blood test 20 were
seropositive (prevalence 6.5%, 95% CI 4.0-10.0). Risk behavior showed to
be high and increasing. Participation in the blood test was not related
to self-reported serostatus, but was related to self-reported risk
behavior in 1989. After correction, the HIV-prevalence in 1991/1992
among male readers of the Gay Krant is estimated to be 5.6% (95% CI
3.4-7.8). A recent aselect population study indicates that 4% of adult
males in the Netherlands had recent homosexual contacts, so the
estimated number of HIV-infected homosexual men in The Netherlands in
1991/1992 is estimated between 6500 and 15,000. CONCLUSIONS: It is
possible to carry out seroepidemiological research among homosexual men
with selection bias being assessed and corrected for in the prevalence
estimate. The prevalence of HIV among homosexual men in The Netherlands
is substantial, even outside of Amsterdam.
DE Adult Cross-Sectional Studies Homosexuality/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA
Human HIV Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY Male Netherlands/EPIDEMIOLOGY
Prevalence Risk Factors Seroepidemiologic Methods MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).