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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 11.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2013 May;17(0 1):S4–11. doi: 10.1007/s10461-012-0324-9

Table 2.

Stepwise quasipoisson mixed-effects incident risk ratios (IRR) estimates of 6-month unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) episodes within male–male partnerships

Model 1 Model 2


IRR (95 % CI) p IRR (95 % CI) p
(Intercept) 0.23 (0.12, 0.44) 0.000 0.85 (0.13, 5.14) 0.857
Dyadic
  Anal episodes 1.02 (1.02, 1.03) 0.000 1.02 (1.02, 1.02) 0.000
  Partner is a ‘regular’ partner 1.78 (1.41, 2.24) 0.000 1.81 (1.43, 2.28) 0.000
  Number of months sexual 1.24 (1.15, 1.33) 0.000 1.23 (1.14, 1.33) 0.000
  Partner age difference 1.01 (0.99, 1.03) 0.210
  Sexual positioning (ref = both)
     Receptive 0.54 (0.33, 0.88) 0.015 0.51 (0.31, 0.84) 0.009
     Insertive 0.97 (0.63, 1.50) 0.898 0.89 (0.58, 1.37) 0.597
Extra-dyadic
  Proportion of months concurrent with other partners (ref = 0)
     (0, 0.75] 1.28 (0.91, 1.81) 0.155
     (0.75, 1] 1.04 (0.74, 1.44) 0.835
     Unknown 1.03 (0.33, 3.17) 0.959
  Has a regular female partner 0.88 (0.56, 1.37) 0.562
  Has a regular male partner 1.40 (0.83, 2.36) 0.562
  Total male and female partners (6 months) 1.03 (1.00, 1.06) 0.037 1.02 (0.99, 1.05) 0.156
Individual
  Number of close MSM friends 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) 0.291
  Internalized homonegativity 1.18 (0.59, 2.37) 0.635
  Experiences of homonegativity 3.98 (1.04, 15.26) 0.044
  Sexual identity (ref = gay)
     Bisexual/down-low 0.84 (0.49, 1.45) 0.540
     Straight 0.69 (0.36, 1.31) 0.254
  Social norms 0.96 (0.44, 2.09) 0.926
  Safer sex self-efficacy 0.15 (0.07, 0.29) 0.000
  Years of schooling 0.99 (0.90, 1.09) 0.790
  Income ≤ZAR500/month 0.61 (0.40, 0.93) 0.021
  Age 1.02 (0.98, 1.06) 0.318
  Circumcised (ref. not circumcised) 1.86 (1.27, 2.73) 0.002
  HIV status at enrollment (ref. prior negative)
     Prior positive 0.82 (0.37, 1.80) 0.620
     Never tested, negative 1.19 (0.74, 1.92) 0.476
     Never tested, positive 1.14 (0.59, 2.21) 0.698
     No HIV test 1.04 (0.56, 1.95) 0.894
var (intercept) 1.547 1.055
var (residual) 2.439 1.699
IQR (standardized within-individual residual) (−0.49, −0.05) (−0.47, −0.04)