The Vanguardian, Issue #3: March 2000
Data has been combined from the Vanguard Project and the Montreal Omega Cohort to assess risk factors for HIV among young gay and bisexual men in Canada, in an abstract by Vanguard employee and McGill student Amy Weber.
The combined cohorts provided sufficient statistical power to analyse the specific risk factors of participants who tested positive for HIV either at baseline or at follow-up. Those who tested positive at baseline had more sexual partners and used more recreational drugs, had less stable housing and less formal education. They were also more likely to have engaged in receptive anal sex, to have ever been paid for sex, and to have had their first sexual experience at a younger age.
Those who seroconverted (i.e. tested HIV-positive during the course of the study) were more likely to have engaged in receptive anal sex, to have used cocaine, and to have less stable housing. Weber will present her findings in Montreal in April and again in South Africa in July.
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