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. 2019 Jul 22;21(7):e12076. doi: 10.2196/12076

Table 2.

Association between participant characteristics and the likelihood of using the border-crossing approach.

Participant characteristic Baseline Follow-up

Univariable Multivariable Univariable Multivariable

ORa (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
Demographics
  Age (years) 0.74 (0.61-0.87) .001 b 0.86 (0.73-0.97) .03
  Ethnicity (ref: nonblackc)
    Black 8.20 (3.30-21.19) <.001 5.73 (2.06-16.61) .002 15.36 <.001 14.42 (4.48-53.11) <.001
  Education (ref: high school diploma or less)
    College/undergraduate degree or more 0.49 (0.18-1.19) .10 0.79 (0.28-2.07) .64
  Total family income (Can $; ref: 0-29,999)
    30,000-59,000 1.80 (0.60-5.14) .29 3.49 (0.99-12.21) .05
    >60,000 0.76 (0.24-2.31) .62 0.69 (0.19-2.34) .69
PrEPd access
  Medication insurance (ref: private insurance or full government coverage)
    Out of pocket 5.75 (2.26-16.72) <.001 5.18 (1.82-17.04) .003 7.20 (2.59-23.60) <.001 6.69 (2.07-25.91) .003
  Has a primary care provider that the respondent thinks would be willing to prescribe PrEP 6.39 (2.66-16.00) <.001 4.42 (1.63-12.41) .004 5.77 (2.18-15.91) <.001
  Has previously used PrEP 5.83 (1.62-37.45) .02 3.88 (1.21-17.37) .04
  Able and willing to pay more than Can $100 per month for PrEP 0.66 (0.28-1.53) .31 1.02 (0.37-3.10) .97
Risk factors
  High Incidence Risk Index for men who have sex with men score 1.09 (1.03-1.15) .002 1.10 (1.04-1.18) .002
  Number of male sex partners in the past 3 months 1.05 (0.90-1.23) .63 1.03 (0.87-1.23) .76
  Perceived chance of getting HIV in the next year (ref: little to none)
    More than a little or greater 0.97 (0.37-2.87) .91 0.53 (0.20-1.42) .19
    Ever diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection 1.94 (0.72-6.18) .19 2.38 (0.80-8.76) .15
    Party drug use in the past 6 monthse 1.59 (0.67-4.13) .31 1.61 (0.62-4.56) .34
  Ever participated in chemsex/party and play 2.34 (0.93-6.76) .12 .16  
Perceptions of the border-crossing approach
  First heard about the approach from (ref: friend[s])
  Other (health care provider, community organization, online, etc) 0.25 (0.10-0.60) .003 0.20 (0.06-0.52) .002
    Number of barriers perceived/anticipated 1.19 (0.88-1.65) .28 0.97 (0.73-1.31) .87
    Concerned about the legality of the approach 1.47 (0.63-3.44) .40 1.67 (0.66-4.39) .28
    Knows someone who uses the approach 6.70 (2.53-21.20) <.001 2.42 (0.95-6.97) .07

aOR: odds ratio.

bFurther analysis not run on these variables.

cWhite, East Asian, South Asian, and Latin American.

dPrEP: pre-exposure prophylaxis.

eParty drugs specified as methamphetamines, gamma-hydroxybutyrate, amyl nitrate, cocaine, crack, ketamine, and injectable drugs.