Table 3.
Multivariable linear & poisson regression with difference between age of acceptance and questioning as independent variable
| Difference between age of acceptance and questioning as independent variable (n = 564) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/PR | 95% CI | p-value | aC/aPRa | 95% CI | p-value | |||
| HIV Prevention | ||||||||
| HIV Status Unknown (ref = Status Known) | 0.98 | 0.91 | 1.06 | 0.647 | 1.00 | 0.93 | 1.08 | 0.959 |
| HIV Never Tested (ref = Ever Tested) | 1.01 | 0.96 | 1.05 | 0.759 | 1.02 | 0.98 | 1.06 | 0.395 |
| HIV Test Irregularity (ref = Regular) | 0.97 | 0.91 | 1.03 | 0.331 | 0.96 | 0.90 | 1.03 | 0.256 |
| STI Test Irregularity (ref = Regular) | 0.99 | 0.95 | 1.02 | 0.458 | 1.00 | 0.96 | 1.03 | 0.792 |
| Knowledge of PrEP (ref = No Knowledge) | 1.00 | 0.99 | 1.02 | 0.794 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 1.01 | 0.802 |
| Knowledge of PEP (ref = No Knowledge) | 1.00 | 0.97 | 1.02 | 0.778 | 0.99 | 0.97 | 1.01 | 0.362 |
| Aged Related Behaviour | ||||||||
| Age of Sexual Debut | 0.07 | −0.03 | 0.16 | 0.168 | −0.21 | −0.91 | 0.49 | 0.562 |
| Coming out to Sibling(s)b | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.21 | 0.008 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.23 | 0.004 |
| Coming out to Parent(s)b | 0.16 | 0.07 | 0.24 | 0.000 | 0.17 | 0.08 | 0.25 | 0.000 |
| Coming out to Peer(s)b | 0.06 | −0.04 | 0.16 | 0.232 | 0.08 | −0.02 | 0.18 | 0.130 |
| Suicide Indicator | ||||||||
| Suicide Ideation (ref = No Suicide Ideation) | 1.04 | 1.01 | 1.06 | 0.004 | 1.04 | 1.02 | 1.07 | 0.001 |
| Suicide Attempt (ref = No Suicide Attempt) | 0.96 | 0.88 | 1.04 | 0.297 | 0.96 | 0.88 | 1.04 | 0.325 |
| Substance Consumption Behaviour | ||||||||
| Smoking (ref = Never Smoked) | 1.05 | 1.01 | 1.09 | 0.008 | 1.05 | 1.01 | 1.09 | 0.011 |
| Alcohol (ref = Never had Alcohol) | 1.00 | 0.99 | 1.02 | 0.503 | 1.00 | 0.99 | 1.02 | 0.588 |
| Marijuana (ref = Never had Marijuana) | 1.11 | 1.03 | 1.20 | 0.009 | 1.06 | 1.00 | 1.12 | 0.043 |
| Poppers (ref = Never had Poppers) | 1.00 | 0.96 | 1.06 | 0.854 | 0.99 | 0.95 | 1.04 | 0.744 |
| Methamphetamine (ref = Never had methamphetamine) | 1.00 | 0.86 | 1.17 | 0.979 | 0.99 | 0.85 | 1.15 | 0.897 |
| GHB/GBL (ref = Never had GHB/GBL) | 0.94 | 0.83 | 1.08 | 0.377 | 0.93 | 0.82 | 1.07 | 0.304 |
| Social Indicator | ||||||||
| Depression severity (PHQ-9) | 0.04 | −0.17 | 0.25 | 0.693 | 0.06 | −0.15 | 0.27 | 0.581 |
| Outness inventory | 0.01 | −0.04 | 0.05 | 0.742 | 0.00 | −0.05 | 0.04 | 0.915 |
| Connectedness to LGBT community | −0.01 | −0.14 | 0.13 | 0.904 | −0.01 | −0.15 | 0.13 | 0.898 |
| Bonding social capital | −0.03 | −0.18 | 0.13 | 0.741 | −0.04 | −0.19 | 0.11 | 0.608 |
| Experienced homophobia | 0.34 | 0.07 | 0.61 | 0.013 | 0.33 | 0.07 | 0.60 | 0.014 |
| Internalised homophobia | 0.19 | 0.08 | 0.31 | 0.001 | 0.21 | 0.09 | 0.32 | 0.000 |
| Perceived homophobia | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.23 | 0.021 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.24 | 0.016 |
Notes
Abbreviation: CI Confidence Interval, C Coefficient, aC Adjusted Coefficient, PR Prevalence Ratio, aPR Adjusted Prevalence Ratio, GHB/GBL Gamma hydroxybutyrate/Gamma butyrolactone, PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire 9
Prevalence ratio is presented for dependent variables with references while the coefficient is presented for depedent variables without
aAdjusted for age, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and income
bAdjusted values excludes age as a variable