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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Sex Res. 2019 Aug 28;56(9):1136–1146. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2019.1652238

Table 2.

Results for generalized linear mixed model, comparing versatile anal sex events with insertive and receptive anal sex events. Significant variables (p<.05) in bold. (OR=Odds Ratio, OR=Adjusted Odds Ratios, Not Selected = Not selected by AIC, EL=Event-level Variable)

VARIABLE Non-Versatile Versatile Univariate Multivariate
MD Q1-Q3 MD Q1-Q3 OR 95% CI aOR 95% CI
CONTINUOUS VARIABLES
Age (per 10 year increase) 35 28–48 33 26–47 0.88 0.79–0.98 0.85 0.75–0.95
Sexual Sensation Scale 32 29–35 32 30–35 1.04 1.01–1.08 Not Selected3
Treatment Optimism Scale 27 24–32 27 24–31 0.99 0.97–1.01
Months Since 1st Sex (EL) per 12 months increase 5 1–22 7 2–29 1.0 1.00–1.00 Not Selected
Months Since Most Recent Sex (EL) per 12 months increase 1 0–2 1 0–2 0.87 0.74–1.02 0.92 0.83–1.02
CATEGORICAL VARIABLES
Non-Versatile Versatile Univariate Multivariate
N % N % OR 95% CI aOR 95% CI
Ethnicity
White 4395 76.3 976 76.3 Ref.
Asian 594 10.3 113 8.8 0.78 0.51–1.20
Indigenous 255 4.4 49 3.8 0.62 0.34–1.16
Latino/Other 513 8.9 141 11.1 1.29 0.87–1.93
Education
≤ high school 801 14.0 179 14.1 Ref.
> high school 4925 86.0 1089 85.9 0.96 0.68–1.37
HIV Sero-status
HIV negative 3997 69.4 891 69.7 Ref.
HIV positive 1760 30.6 388 30.3 1.00 0.74–1.36
Annual Income
<$30,000 2871 49.9 675 52.9 Ref. Ref.
$30,000-$59,999 1915 33.3 399 31.3 0.78 0.63–0.95 0.82 0.66–1.01
≥$60,000 964 16.8 203 15.8 0.93 0.68–1.27 1.03 0.76–1.41
Neighborhood
Downtown Core 2963 51.5 605 47.3 Ref. Ref.
Vancouver 1625 28.2 428 33.5 1.28 1.02–1.57 1.32 1.04–1.67
Greater 1169 20.3 246 19.2 0.97 0.72 1.31 1.05 0.79–1.39
Vancouver
Sexual Orientation
Gay 5078 88.2 1134 88.7 Ref.
Bisexual 305 5.3 69 5.4 1.07 0.67–1.68
Other 374 6.5 76 5.9 1.04 0.70–1.55
Married
Yes (includes common law) 1111 19.3 241 18.8 Ref. Ref,
No 1130 19.6 303 23.7 1.30 1.00–1.70 1.34 1.01–1.78
No Regular Partner 3516 61.1 735 57.5 1.13 0.87–1.47 1.20 0.92–1.57
Relationship
Monogamous 918 16.0 252 19.9 Ref. Not included-collinear with Married variable
Open 1318 22.9 289 22.6 0.78 0.60–1.01
No Regular Partner 3516 61.1 735 57.5 0.83 0.65–1.05
Attended Sex Party
No 4110 71.4 919 71.9 Ref.
Yes 1647 28.6 360 28.1 0.92 0.76–1.11
Worked as Escort
No 5437 94.4 1183 92.5 Ref.
Yes 320 5.6 96 7.5 1.27 0.84–1.91
AUDIT Scores
Low risk 0–7 3673 64.4 798 62.8 Ref.
Hazardous 8–15 1430 25.1 355 26.4 1.00 0.80–1.26
Harmful 16–19 281 4.9 60 4.7 0.87 0.63–1.18
Dependence ≥20 324 5.6 78 6.1 0.90 0.59–1.36
Used PrEP P6M
No 3397 62.0 749 61.2 Ref.
Yes 88 1.6 17 1.4 0.85 0.41–1.77
Never heard of PrEP 1990 36.4 457 37.4 1.04 0.85–1.28
Alcohol (EL)4
No 3716 64.6 765 59.8 Ref.
Yes 2041 33.4 514 40.2 1.14 0.97–1.34
Cannabis (EL)
No 4229 73.5 848 66.3 Ref. Ref.
Yes 1528 26.5 431 33.7 1.60 1.30–1.96 1.43 1.16–1.76
Poppers (EL)
No 4418 76.7 933 73.0 Ref. Not Selected
Yes 1339 23.3 346 27.0 1.25 1.03–1.53
Erectile Dysfunction Drugs (EL)
No 4986 86.6 1002 78.3 Ref. Ref.
Yes 771 13.4 277 21.7 2.03 1.59–2.59 1.90 1.43–2.52
GHB (EL)
No 5481 95.2 1161 90.8 Ref. Ref.
Yes 276 4.8 118 9.2 1.90 1.41–2.56 1.43 1.02–2.00
Ecstasy/MDMA (EL)
No 5567 96.7 1198 93.7 Ref. Not selected
Yes 190 3.3 81 6.3 1.78 1.17–2.71
Crystal Meth (EL)
No 5168 89.8 1099 85.9 Ref. Not selected
Yes 589 10.2 180 14.1 1.48 1.12–1.95
First Meet (EL)
On-Line 3231 56.2 647 50.6 Ref. Ref.
Other 2519 43.8 631 49.4 1.14 0.96–1.36 1.14 0.96–1.35
Transactional Sex (EL)
No money/goods exchanged 5531 96.1 1230 96.2 Ref.
Money/goods given 77 1.3 13 1.0 0.75 0.37–1.51
Money/goods received 132 2.3 32 2.5 1.03 0.61–1.72
Money/goods received and given 16 0.3 4 0.3 1.03 0.29–3.62
Others Involved (EL)
Dyad 5052 87.8 1091 85.3 Ref.
Threesome 518 9.0 128 10.0 0.99 0.74–1.33
Foursome 92 1.6 35 2.7 1.35 0.84–2.16
Orgy 94 1.6 25 2.0 1.16 0.66–2.01
Anal Sex Preference (EL)
Bottom 2218 38.5 379 29.6 Ref. Ref.
Versatile 1337 23.2 565 44.2 2.22 1.77–2.78 2.23 1.77–2.81
Top 2160 37.5 331 25.9 0.91 0.71–1.16 0.93 0.72–1.20
No Anal Sex 42 0.8 4 0.3 0.56 0.21–1.54 0.71 0.21–2.38
Condom Use (EL)
0=NEVER 3106 54.0 744 58.2 Ref. Ref.
1=ALWAYS 2395 41.6 315 24.6 0.47 0.38–0.60 0.50 0.39–0.62
3=SOMETIMES 256 4.4 220 17.2 3.91 2.93–5.21 3.72 2.79–4.97