Table 5.
Adjusted odds ratios, incident rate ratios, regression coefficients, and 95% confidence intervals for the association between having anal sex with a partner met from an MSM app and HIV/STI risk factors and healthcare engagement among MSM-app users (N = 105)
Correlate | Number of male sex partners1 | Number of male CAS partners1 | Substance use before sex2 | Perceived risk of HIV2 | Engagement in sexual health services2 | HIV test (lifetime)3 | STI test (past year) 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anal sex with partner from MSM-app | 2.97*** | 3.43*** | 0.17 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 2.60* | 9.69** |
[2.02, 4.38] | [2.10, 5.62] | [−0.17, 0.51] | [−0.15, 0.62] | [−0.12, 0.62] | [1.02, 6.63] | [2.34, 40.04] | |
Age | 1.10 | 1.076 | −0.09 | 0.01 | −0.18 | 0.98 | 0.56 |
[0.87, 1.38] | [0.81, 1.42] | [−0.31, 0.13] | [−0.25, 0.26] | [−0.42, 0.06] | [0.54, 1.78] | [0.27, 1.17] | |
Non-White race/ethnicity | 1.37 | 0.995 | −0.01 | 0.19 | −0.10 | 1.32 | 1.62 |
[0.97, 1.97] | [0.66, 1.51] | [−0.33, 0.32] | [−0.19, 0.56] | [−0.46, 0.25] | [0.55, 3.15] | [0.59, 4.49] | |
Non-gay sexual orientation | 0.903 | 1.102 | −0.16 | −0.19 | 0.09 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
[0.52, 1.58] | [0.58, 2.09] | [−0.68, 0.37] | [−0.79, 0.41] | [−0.48, 0.66] | [0.20, 4.21] | [0.19, 4.91] | |
Out to at least one parent | 1.025 | 1.04 | 0.21 | 0.04 | 0.66** | 2.84 | 4.18* |
[0.70, 1.50] | [0.65, 1.66] | [−0.16, 0.57] | [−0.38, 0.46] | [0.26, 1.07] | [0.97, 8.32] | [1.09, 16.00] | |
Behaviorally bisexual | 0.97 | 1.021 | 0.71** | −0.08 | −0.10 | 3.23 | 1.28 |
[0.58, 1.63] | [0.56, 1.86] | [0.21, 1.21] | [−0.66, 0.49] | [−0.65, 0.45] | [0.76, 13.84] | [0.30, 5.55] |
Note. MSM = men who have sex with men. CAS = condomless anal sex.
Incident Rate Ratios (IRR)
Regression Coefficients (B)
Odds Ratios (OR)
p < .05;
p < .01;
p < .001