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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 2.
Published in final edited form as: Cult Health Sex. 2015 Feb 3;17(7):859–872. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2015.1004762

Table 2.

Estimates of the relationship between psychological distress, sociodemographic characteristics, HIV-status, community attachments, and exposure to discrimination among Black men who have sex with men, and multivariate results (N = 312).

Percentage reporting psychological distress (%) Unadjusted
Adjusted
OR 95% CI p OR* 95% CI p
Age (years)
 18–29 50.0 1.00 1.00
 30–39 54.0 1.17 0.60, 2.31 0.645 1.28 0.61, 2.72 0.52
 40 + 31.4 0.46 0.26, 0.80 0.006 0.41 0.21, 0.81 0.01
Education
 < Grade 12 58.3 1.00 1.00
 High school graduate and above 37.0 0.42 0.23, 0.79 0.007 0.37 0.18, 0.74 0.01
Income
 < $10,000 39.2 1.00
 $10,000 + 42.4 1.14 0.72, 1.82 0.576
HIV status
 Negative 37.5 1.00 1.00
 Positive 59.9 1.97 1.10, 3.53 0.022 1.87 1.06, 3.31 0.03
Discrimination
 No experience 23.3 1.00 1.00
 Racial discrimination 30.4 1.43 0.52, 3.97 0.49 3.39 1.03, 11.13 0.05
 Sexual orientation discrimination 46.4 2.85 0.92, 8.78 0.068 4.04 1.11, 14.73 0.03
 Racial and sexual orientation discrimination 44.9 2.68 1.10, 6.53 0.03 4.56 1.61, 12.87 0.004
Community attachment
 No attachment 67.6 1.00 1.00
 Racial and/or sexual orientation attachment 37.2 0.28 0.13, 0.61 0.001 0.26 0.12, 0.59 0.001
*

Controlling for Age, Education, Income, and HIV status in adjusted model