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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 2.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Behav Med. 2020 Apr;27(2):160–169. doi: 10.1007/s12529-019-09829-9

Table 3.

Logistic regression analysis exploring potential mediators of the relationship between integration into the gay community and (1) condomless anal sex with partners whose HIV status is positive or unknown and (2) any HIV testing

Any condomless anal sex with a partner whose HIV status is positive or unknown Any HIV testing
ORa (95% CIb) No mediator OR (95% CI) Mediator: HIV knowledge OR (95% CI) Mediator: peer judgmentalism OR (95% CI) Mediator: sexuality-related discrimination OR (95% CI) No mediator OR (95% CI) Mediator: HIV knowledge
Integration into the gay community 1.8 (1.9, 3.5) 1.8 (1.02, 3.1) 1.7 (1.01, 2.8) 1.7 (0.97, 2.9) 1.7 (1.1, 2.6) 1.6 (1.01, 2.5)
Direct effect 1.8 (1.02, 3.1) 1.7 (1.01, 3.0) 1.7 (0.97, 2.9) 1.6 (1.01, 2.5)
Potential mediators
 Knowledge of HIV risk 1.2 (0.98, 1.4) 1.2 (1.01, 1.3)
 Peer judgmentalism towards sexual behavior 1.7 (0.9, 3.3)
 Sexuality-related discrimination 1.2 (0.9, 1.5)
 Indirect effect 1.1 (0.99, 1.3) 1.1 (0.99, 1.3) 1.1 (0.95, 1.3) 1.1 (1.0, 1.2)
Covariates
 Age less than 25 years 1.5 (0.5, 4.3) 1.5 (0.6, 3.6) 1.6 (0.7, 3.8) 1.4 (0.6, 3.4) 0.6 (0.3, 1.3) 0.6 (0.3, 1.3)
 Any university education 0.4 (0.1, 1.3) 0.4 (0.1, 1.4) 0.6 (0.2, 1.8) 0.6 (0.2, 2.0) 2.1 (0.7, 5.8) 1.6 (0.6, 4.4)
 Employed 2.3 (0.9, 6.0) 2.3 (0.9, 5.9) 2.7 (1.1, 6.8) 2.8 (1.1, 7.3) 1.4 (0.6, 2.9) 1.1 (0.5, 2.4)
 In a committed relationship 0.8 (0.2, 2.7) 0.8 (0.3, 2.3) 0.8 (0.3, 2.4) 0.7 (0.3, 2.2) 1.2 (0.5, 2.7) 1.3 (0.5, 3.1)
a

OR odds ratio

b

CI confidence interval