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Reported methamphetamine use was considerably more prevalent among <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HIV<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010positive (24%) than <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HIV<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010negative men (11%). In a multivariable logistic regression, reported use was significantly greater among men in their 40s compared with those in their 50s and older (<jats:italic>P\u2009=<\/jats:italic>\u20090.002), who were single as opposed to being in an ongoing relationship (<jats:italic>P\u2009=<\/jats:italic>\u20090.03), who were <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HIV<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010positive (<jats:italic>P\u2009=<\/jats:italic>\u20090.003), and who reported using other drugs for non\u2010medical purposes in the past 12 months (<jats:italic>P\u2009&lt;<\/jats:italic>\u20090.001). 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