Table 2.

Bivariate associations with depression and anxiety

Predictor variables		Depression				Anxiety
		N	Odds ratio	95% CI	p-value	N	Odds ratio	95% CI	p-value
Sociodemographic factors
Age (years)* †	18–25	408	REF	REF	REF	395	REF	REF	REF
	26–35	506	0.79	0.57, 1.11	0.17	497	0.71	0.52, 0.96	0.03
	36–45	546	0.67	0.48, 0.95	0.02	542	0.63	0.47, 0.86	0.00
	46+	855	0.46	0.33, 0.64	0.00	844	0.38	0.28, 0.51	0.00
Country*	Scotland	1126	REF	REF	REF	1112	REF	REF	REF
	Wales	381	1.12	0.82, 1.54	0.48	377	0.94	0.70, 1.25	0.66
	Northern Ireland	174	1.18	0.77, 1.81	0.45	166	0.99	0.67, 1.48	0.97
	Republic of Ireland	638	0.72	0.54, 0.97	0.03	628	0.76	0.59, 0.98	0.04
Ethnicity	White	2247	REF	REF	REF	2214	REF	REF	REF
	Other	66	0.81	0.39, 1.72	0.59	63	1.38	0.78, 2.46	0.27
Sexual Orientation†	Gay	1897	REF	REF	REF	1854	REF	REF	REF
	Bisexual	380	0.74	0.52, 1.03	0.07	388	0.70	0.52, 0.94	0.02
	Straight/other	22	0.56	0.13, 2.41	0.44	21	0.63	0.18, 2.14	0.45
Educated post- secondary*†	No	865	REF	REF	REF	853	REF	REF	REF
	Yes	1415	0.57	0.45, 0.72	0.00	1389	0.63	0.51, 0.77	0.00
Employment*†	Other (including retired, carer, student)	609	REF	REF	REF	606	REF	REF	REF
	Employed/ self employed	1691	0.44	0.34, 0.56	0.00	1659	0.46	0.37, 0.58	0.00
Relationship status*†	Single	1428	REF	REF	REF	1396	REF	REF	REF
	Regular Male Partner	480	0.52	0.37, 0.72	0.00	484	0.74	0.57, 0.96	0.02
	Civil Partnership / Married Man	191	0.48	0.29, 0.80	0.05	184	0.38	0.23, 0.62	0.00
	Regular Female Partner	210	0.33	0.19, 0.58	0.00	210	0.39	0.25, 0.61	0.00
Any Disability*†	No	1447	REF	REF	REF	1434	REF	REF	REF
	Yes	728	4.80	3.74, 6.16	0.00	709	3.57	2.87, 4.44	0.00
Any financial worries*†	Occasionally / Never	1314	REF	REF	REF	1298	REF	REF	REF
	Sometimes / All of the time	997	3.83	2.97, 4.93	0.00	976	3.58	2.87, 4.45	0.00
Nearest gay venue with easy reach	Don’t know	166	REF	REF	REF	168	REF	REF	REF
	Too far	401	0.90	0.58, 1.50	0.68	389	1.41	0.87, 2.30	0.16
	4	263	1.04	0.61, 1.79	0.88	262	1.45	0.87, 2.42	0.16
	3	414	1.03	0.62, 1.70	0.90	409	1.52	9.40, 2.45	0.09
	2	547	1.00	0.61, 1.62	0.98	538	1.31	0.82, 2.09	0.26
	Nearby	519	0.81	0.49, 1.33	0.40	506	1.31	0.82, 2.12	0.26
HIV status*†	HIV positive	193	REF	REF	REF	192	REF	REF	REF
	HIV negative	1809	0.66	0.45, 0.97	0.34	1777	0.59	0.42, 0.83	0.00
	Don’t know	304	0.99	0.62, 1.57	0.95	302	0.79	0.52, 1.20	0.27
Behavioural factors
Frequency of gay scene use	Never - 4/5 times a week (1–5)	2312	0.97	0.85, 1.10	0.64	2274	0.92	0.82, 1.03	0.15
Frequency of website use	Never - Daily use (1–4)	2229	0.94	0.84, 1.05	0.29	2233	0.94	0.85, 1.04	0.23
Frequency of App use*†	Never - Daily use (1–4)	2222	1.18	1.07, 1.31	0.01	2226	1.18	1.08, 1.29	0.00
Condomless sex *	No	1450	REF	REF	REF	1432	REF	REF	REF
	Yes	842	1.31	1.03, 1.66	0.03	824	1.23	0.99, 1.51	0.06
Problematic alcohol use*†	Safe	1343	REF	REF	REF	1352	REF	REF	REF
	Hazardous	719	1.34	1.04, 1.73	0.03	716	1.38	1.11, 1.73	0.01
Party drug use in last 12 months*†	No	1933	REF	REF	REF	1898	REF	REF	REF
	Yes	386	1.40	1.05, 1.87	0.02	385	1.33	1.03, 1.73	0.03
Minority stressors
Stigma* †	Low to high (0–80)	1959	1.03	1.02, 1.05	0.00	1949	1.03	1.02, 1.04	0.00
Outness* †	Not out to anyone - Out to everyone (1–5)	2314	1.15	1.06, 1.26	0.00	2278	1.15	1.07, 1.24	0.00
Experienced any form of relationship abuse in last 12 months*†	No	1611	REF	REF	REF	1589	REF	REF	REF
	Yes	445	2.69	2.07, 3.51	0.00	439	3.16	2.49, 4.02	0.00
Resilience factors
Emotional competency*†	Low - High (1–7)	1810	6.86	5.42, 8.69	0.00	1816	5.11	4.21, 6.19	0.00
Sense of coherence*†	Low - High (0–13)	1835	0.86	0.85, 0.88	0.00	1837	0.87	0.86, 0.89	0.00

*Taken forward to depression hierarchal logistic regression analysis (p < 0.05)

†Taken forward to anxiety hierarchal logistic regression analysis (p < 0.05)