Table 1.
Variable associations with not testing for HIV in the past 12 months among MSM in New York City (n = 448)
| Variable | N | N (%) no HIV test in past 12 months | Univariate |
Multivariate |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR (95 % CI) | p value | PR (95 % CI) | p value | |||
| Age | ||||||
| 18–29 | 243 | 41 (16.9) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| ≥30 | 205 | 66 (32.2) | 1.9 (1.4, 2.7) | 0.0002 | 1.9 (1.4, 2.7) | <0.0001 |
| Race | ||||||
| Black | 93 | 28 (30.1) | 1.3 (0.9, 1.9) | 0.11 | ||
| Other | 353 | 79 (22.4) | 1.0 | |||
| Country of birth | ||||||
| United States | 347 | 79 (22.8) | 1.0 | |||
| Puerto Rico | 14 | 5 (35.7) | 1.6 (0.8, 3.3) | 0.23 | ||
| Foreign | 87 | 23 (26.4) | 1.2 (0.8, 1.7) | 0.46 | ||
| Recruitment venue | ||||||
| Bar | 285 | 62 (21.8) | 1.0 | |||
| Park | 68 | 23 (33.8) | 1.6 (1.0, 2.3) | 0.03 | ||
| Other | 95 | 22 (23.2) | 1.1 (0.7, 1.6) | 0.77 | ||
| Highest level of education completed | ||||||
| College | 116 | 20 (19.0) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| No college | 332 | 87 (26.8) | 1.5 (1.0, 2.4) | 0.06 | 1.6 (1.0, 2.4) | 0.03 |
| Employed | ||||||
| Yes | 303 | 63 (21.8) | 1.0 | |||
| No | 145 | 44 (31.0) | 1.5 (1.0, 2.0) | 0.02 | ||
| Currently has medical insurance | ||||||
| Yes | 340 | 73 (21.5) | 0.7 (0.5, 1.0) | 0.03 | ||
| No | 108 | 34 (31.5) | 1.0 | |||
| Seen a health care provider in the past 12 months | ||||||
| Yes | 374 | 71 (19.0) | 1.0 | <0.0001 | 1.0 | <0.0001 |
| No | 74 | 36 (48.6) | 2.6 (1.9, 3.5) | 2.5 (1.9, 3.2) | ||
| Sexual identity | ||||||
| Gay | 344 | 71 (21.8) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Bisexual/straight | 103 | 36 (35.0) | 1.6 (1.2, 2.4) | 0.002 | 1.4 (1.0, 1.8) | 0.04 |
| Sex with a female in the past 12 months | ||||||
| Yes | 35 | 12 (34.3) | 1.5 (0.9, 2.4) | 0.11 | ||
| No | 413 | 95 (23.0) | 1.0 | |||
| Told others attracted to and/or has sex with men | ||||||
| Yes | 408 | 88 (21.6) | 1.0 | |||
| No | 39 | 19 (48.7) | 2.3 (1.6, 3.3) | <0.0001 | ||
| Receptive anal intercourse in the past week | ||||||
| Yes | 311 | 61 (20.6) | 0.6 (0.4, 0.8) | 0.002 | ||
| No | 136 | 45 (33.8) | 1.0 | |||
| Insertive anal intercourse with a man in the past week | ||||||
| Yes | 301 | 69 (22.9) | 0.9 (0.6, 1.3) | 0.57 | ||
| No | 146 | 37 (25.3) | 1.0 | |||
| ≥2 male sex partners in the past 12 months | ||||||
| Yes | 360 | 83 (23.1) | 0.8 (0.6, 1.2) | 0.40 | ||
| No | 88 | 24 (27.3) | 1.0 | |||
| Any unprotected anal intercourse with a man in the past 12 months | ||||||
| Yes | 237 | 49 (20.7) | 0.8 (0.5, 1.0) | 0.09 | ||
| No | 211 | 58 (27.5) | 1.0 | |||
Bold values indicate statistically significant (p < 0.05)