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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 2.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS. 2017 Jan 2;31(1):159–165. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001269

Table 1.

Multivariable logistic regression models of potential HIV Care Continuum drivers among a population-based sample of younger black MSM, uConnect 2013–2014

HIV Care Continuum Drivers
Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Serostatus
N=618
HIV+ Aware
N=214
Linked to Care
N=214
Retained in Care
N=214
Adherence to ARVs
N=214
Viral Suppress
N=214
Social Factors
Criminal justice involvement 2.24 (1.28–3.94)** 1.57 (0.63–3.87) 3.20 (1.10–9.36)* 3.72 (1.77–7.84)** 2.52 (1.30–4.89)** 3.00 (1.15–7.79
Have a mother/mother figure 0.58 (0.24–1.36) 4.33 (1.24–15.13)* 1.16 (0.50–2.72) 1.28 (0.42–3.88) 0.98 (0.34–2.87) 2.31 (0.71–7.4
Open about sexual identity 0.79 (0.41–1.55) 3.52 (1.07–11.57)* 1.85 (0.55–6.28) 1.90 (0.51–7.16) 1.18 (0.32–4.31) 1.36 (0.31–5.9
House/Ball or gay family member 1.51 (0.94–2.45) 1.22 (0.53–2.81) 0.79 (0.43–1.44) 1.35 (0.51–3.55) 1.34 (0.49–3.66) 0.83 (0.25–2.8
Closeness to Black community 0.82 (0.46–1.46) 0.75 (0.18–3.03) 2.58 (0.59–11.33) 0.63 (0.19–2.09) 0.53 (0.14–1.95) 0.52 (0.15–1.7
Ever witness to violent assault(s) 0.68 (0.36–1.30) 0.52 (0.18–1.52) 1.09 (0.44–2.69) 0.95 (0.44–2.10) 0.54 (0.28–1.05) 1.50 (0.76–2.9

Sociodemographics
Age (Years)
 16–18 0.12 (0.02–0.57)** 7.08 (1.84–27.24)** 0.33 (0.08–1.48) 0.40 (0.07–2.23) 0.14 (0.01–1.67) 0.16 (0.01–2.1
 19–20 0.19 (0.09–0.42)*** 2.18 (0.43–11.00) 6.33 (1.23–32.61)* 0.93 (0.30–2.90) 0.98 (0.30–3.23) 0.34 (0.11–1.05
 21–24 0.43 (0.25–0.75)** 1.29 (0.50–3.34) 1.13 (0.40–3.16) 0.82 (0.43–1.55) 0.53 (0.20–1.42) 0.42 (0.14–1.2
 25+ 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Education
 Less than high school 0.94 (0.51–1.75) 1.47 (0.39–5.61) 1.32 (0.55–3.15) 1.72 (0.50–5.91) 1.94 (0.49–7.61) 4.45 (1.03–19.2
 High school or equivalent 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Some college or higher 1.07 (0.68–1.68) 2.17 (0.86–5.44) 1.17 (0.53–2.55) 0.89 (0.41–1.93) 0.73 (0.32–1.63) 0.71 (0.26–1.9
Identifies as gay 3.10 (1.34–7.19)** 1.89 (0.48–7.41) 1.99 (0.74–5.36) 0.98 (0.47–2.03) 0.82 (0.37–1.84) 0.64 (0.23–1.8
Current employment
 Unemployed 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Full time 0.63 (0.36–1.10) 2.01 (0.64–6.29) 0.80 (0.33–1.93) 1.12 (0.32–3.86) 0.62 (0.17–2.25) 0.53 (0.17–1.6
 Part time 0.85 (0.43–1.68) 1.02 (0.42–2.51) 0.60 (0.26–1.36) 1.32 (0.62–2.82) 1.59 (0.72–3.49) 1.63 (0.66–4.0
Housing instability in past year 1.08 (0.64–1.80) 1.27 (0.45–3.59) 0.33 (0.12–0.89)* 0.70 (0.28–1.77) 0.95 (0.33–2.70) 1.09 (0.42–2.7
Behavior & Health
Drug use in past year 1.64 (1.03–2.60)* 2.12 (0.80–5.64) 1.21 (0.49–3.02) 1.72 (0.80–3.68) 0.98 (0.37–2.59) 1.09 (0.37–3.2
Health care coverage 1.46 (0.96–2.21) 9.86 (4.19–23.22)*** 10.00 (3.97–25.19)*** 5.24 (2.27–12.05)*** 6.60 (3.02–14.39)*** 6.14 (2.59–14.55
Psychological distress 0.93 (0.53–1.63) 4.10 (0.55–30.49) 2.92 (1.02–8.35)* 0.91 (0.26–3.19) 0.66 (0.14–3.18) 0.46 (0.07–2.9
Years since HIV diagnosis Excludedb Excludedb 1.14 (0.98–1.32) 1.09 (0.99–1.20) 1.07 (0.97–1.18) 1.06 (0.96–1.1

p<0.10;

*

p<0.05;

**

p<0.01;

***

p<0.001

ARVs, antiretrovirals; CI, confidence interval; MSM, men who have sex with men; TasP, treatment as prevention.

a

Ordinal variable giving the highest stage each respondent reached in the HIV Care Continuum.

b

Excluded from model due to dependence on the outcome variable