Table 2

Continuous correlates of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine acceptability among heterosexual men (n=296)

Mean (SD)Bivariate OR (95% CI)Multivariate OR (95% CI)
Not willing (n=187)Willing (n=109)
Perceived knowledge of HPV-related disease1.50 (0.50)1.54 (0.46)1.19 (0.73 to 1.93)–
Concern about getting HPV-related disease1.21 (0.38)1.45 (0.51)3.53 (1.93 to 6.46)**1.64 (0.79 to 3.41)
Perceived severity of HPV-related disease3.23 (0.75)3.27 (0.70)1.08 (0.78 to 1.50)–
Perceived likelihood of getting HPV-related disease1.74 (0.61)2.15 (0.57)3.07 (2.00 to 4.71)**1.80 (1.02 to 3.17)*
Perceived barriers to getting HPV vaccine2.71 (0.89)2.86 (0.83)1.21 (0.92 to 1.59)–
Perceived effectiveness of HPV vaccine2.43 (0.85)3.02 (0.78)2.37 (1.72 to 3.27)**1.86 (1.22 to 2.83)**
Anticipated regret if chose not to get vaccinated and later developed HPV infection2.62 (1.07)3.46 (0.78)2.54 (1.89 to 3.41)**2.01 (1.40 to 2.89)**

  • The multivariate model included variables from tables 1 and 2 bivariately associated (p<0.05) with willingness to get HPV vaccine. The multivariate model did not include variables with dashes (–).

  • ↵* p<0.05;

  • ↵** p<0.01.