. 2015 Jan;105(1):96–102. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302095

TABLE 2—

Continuous Correlates of HPV Vaccine Initiation Among Young Adult Gay and Bisexual Men (n = 428): United States, 2013

	Mean (SD)
Correlate	Not Vaccinated (n = 372)	Vaccinated (n = 56)	Bivariate OR (95% CI)
Worry about getting HPV-related disease^a	1.73 (0.83)	2.34 (0.94)	2.07** (1.53, 2.81)
Perceived severity of HPV-related disease^b	3.43 (0.70)	3.48 (0.74)	1.12 (0.74, 1.69)
Perceived likelihood of getting HPV-related disease^c	2.09 (0.66)	2.15 (0.51)	1.17 (0.76, 1.79)
Perceived effectiveness of HPV vaccine^d	2.76 (0.86)	3.14 (0.74)	1.79* (1.23, 2.60)
Perceived harms of HPV vaccine^e	3.02 (0.63)	2.73 (0.85)	0.51* (0.33, 0.79)
Perceived barriers to getting HPV vaccine^f	2.82 (0.85)	1.84 (0.92)	0.27** (0.19, 0.40)
Perceived positive social norms of the HPV vaccine in LGBT community^g	3.21 (0.73)	3.54 (0.94)	1.72* (1.20, 2.47)
Anticipated regret if got the HPV vaccine and fainted^a	2.15 (0.96)	1.80 (0.82)	0.65* (0.47, 0.91)
Anticipated regret if did not get the HPV vaccine and later got HPV infection^a	3.39 (0.83)	3.75 (0.58)	2.12** (1.29, 3.49)

Note. CI = confidence interval; HPV = human papillomavirus; LGBT = lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender; OR = odds ratio.

^{^a}

4-point response scale ranging from “not at all” to “a lot” (coded 1–4).

^{^b}

4-point response scale ranging from “not at all” to “very” (coded 1–4).

^{^c}

3-item scale; each item had a 4-point response scale ranging from “no chance” to “high chance” (coded 1–4).

^{^d}

3-item scale; each item had a 4-point response scale ranging from “not at all” to “a lot” (coded 1–4).

^{^e}

4-item scale; each item had a 5-point response scale ranging from “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree” (coded 1–5).

^{^f}

2-item scale; each item had a 5-point response scale ranging from “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree” (coded 1–5).

^{^g}

5-point response scale ranging from “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree” (coded 1–5).

*P < .05; **P < .001.