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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 22.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Sex Behav. 2020 May 14;49(6):2193–2204. doi: 10.1007/s10508-020-01711-0

Table 3.

Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses of PrEP awareness and current use among PrEP-eligible men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women who have sex with men (TWSM) attending Atlanta Gay Pride Festivals, 2018

Aware of PrEP
Current use of PrEP
Unadjusted OR
Adjusted OR
Unadjusted OR
Adjusted OR
cOR (95% CI) p value aOR (95% CI) p value cOR (95% CI) p value aOR (95% CI) p value

Sociodemographic characteristics
 Gender
  Cis-gender men 1.77 (0.37, 8.60) .479 1.07 (0.18, 6.32) 0.942 2.67 (0.34, 21.27) .355 2.44 (0.18, 33.94) .507
  Transgender women Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Race
  Black 0.45 (0.20, 1.02) .057 0.61 (0.20, 1.81) 0.372 0.60 (0.33, 1.07) .082 0.61 (0.29, 1.29) .196
  Non-black Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Age
  18–29 years old 1.20 (0.56 (2.56) .636 2.04 (0.75, 5.57) 0.164 0.39 (0.21, 0.73) .004 0.39 (0.17, 0.87) .022
  ≥ 30 years old Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Education
  No collegea 0.24 (0.11, 0.53) < .001 0.64 (0.21, 1.96) 0.435 0.60 (0.28, 1.30) .193 1.08 (0.36, 3.20) .897
  College/advanced Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Employment status
  Not employed 0.35 (0.13, 0.89) .028 0.83 (0.20, 3.48) 0.799 0.42 (0.13, 1.43) .162 0.82 (0.17, 3.93) .795
  Employed Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Incomeb
  < $60,000 annually 0.07 (0.01, 0.55) .011 0.13 (0.02, 1.13) 0.064 0.37 (0.21, 0.68) .002 0.38 (0.16, 0.90) .029
  ≥ $60,000 annually Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Insurance
  No 0.22 (0.10, 0.50) < .001 0.48 (0.17, 1.37) 0.171 0.35 (0.13, 0.91) .031 0.82 (0.25, 2.73) .748
  Yes Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Homeless in past year
  No 5.24 (2.17, 12.65) < .001 1.62 (0.41, 6.44) 0.496 1.86 (0.63, 5.54) .269 0.83 (0.17, 4.10) .822
  Yesc Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Saw a clinician in past year
  No 0.28 (0.12, 0.65) .003 0.26 (0.08, 0.78) 0.016 0.55 (0.21, 1.47) .230 1.09 (0.32, 3.70) .886
  Yesd Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Place of residence
  Fulton County 1.60 (0.74, 3.43) .231 0.93 (0.35, 2.49) 0.887 1.16 (0.65, 2.07) .628 0.65 (0.30, 1.40) .272
  Rest of Atlanta Ref Ref Ref Ref
HIV risk factors (past 6 months)
 Male sex partners
  ≤ 5 partners Ref Ref Ref Ref
  ≥ 6 partners 1.55 (0.45, 5.40) .489 2.25 (0.46, 10.97) 0.317 5.04 (2.46, 10.34) < .001 3.86 (1.50, 9.91) .005
 Unprotected sex with a casual partner
  No Ref Ref Ref Ref
  Yes 0.65 (0.28, 1.49) .311 0.60 (0.20, 1.78) 0.359 2.85 (1.42, 5.70) .004 2.00 (0.87, 4.56) .101
 Sex with a HIV-positive partner
  No Ref Ref Ref Ref
  Yes 1.26 (0.45, 3.42) .670 1.61 (0.43, 6.01) 0.483 5.51 (2.85, 10.64) < .001 5.38 (2.34, 12.37) < .001
 Any bacterial STI diagnosede
  No Ref Ref Ref Ref
  Yes 1.54 (0.19, 12.28) .684 1.68 (0.09, 30.75) 0.728 3.72 (1.29, 10.74) .016 2.84 (0.61, 13.36) .185
 Any drug usef
  No Ref Ref Ref Ref
  Yes 0.25 (0.10, 0.63) .003 0.33 (0.09, 1.19) 0.089 0.41 (0.12, 1.41) .157 0.17(0.03, 0.87) .034

Statistically significant odds ratios and p values have been bolded for ease of interpretation

a

Had high school education only or less

b

Income before taxes at end of 2017

c

Respondents who reported sleeping on the streets, shelter, motel or car in the past 12 months

d

Respondents who reported visiting a health-care facility for medical care within the previous year (primary care, urgent care, hospital, emergency room or service organization)

e

Any bacterial sexually transmitted diseases: syphilis, gonorrhea or chlamydia

f

Any illicit drug use (methamphetamines, cocaine, crack and heroin)

g

Criteria outlined in Pages 13&36, United States Public Health Service, Clinical Practice Guidelines for PrEP, 2017 update

h

Survey question “Before today, have you heard of PrEP?”