Sample demographics and results from logistic regression bivariate analyses (total=331)
Sample demographics | |||
N | % | ||
Sexual orientation | |||
Same gender loving | 65 | 19.6 | |
Gay/homosexual | 175 | 52.9 | |
Bisexual | 82 | 24.8 | |
Heterosexual | 9 | 2.7 | |
Sexual identity disclosure (ie, outness) | |||
Not out about sexual identity | 20 | 6.1 | |
Sometimes out about sexual identity | 114 | 34.5 | |
Completely out about sexual identity | 196 | 59.4 | |
STI testing results | |||
Tested positive for rectal chlamydia and/or gonorrhoea | 51 | 15.4 | |
Tested positive for rectal chlamydia only | 31 | 11.2 | |
Tested positive for rectal gonorrhoea only | 14 | 6.0 | |
Tested positive for both rectal chlamydia and gonorrhoea | 6 | 1.8 | |
Past 3-month STI symptoms | 3 | 0.9 | |
Past 3-month STI diagnosis | 2 | 0.6 | |
Past 12-month physical examination | 222 | 66.8 | |
Past 3-month sex with man | |||
Yes | 285 | 86.1 | |
No | 46 | 13.9 | |
Number of male anal sex partners (3 months) | M=3.11 SD=5.88 Range=0–80 | ||
Number of condomless anal intercourse acts (3 months) | M=4.38 SD=9.63 Range=0–71 | ||
Bivariate logistic regression models testing associations with rectal STI diagnosis | |||
OR | 95% CI | P value | |
Number of male sex partners (3 months) | 0.98 | 0.94 to 1.02 | 0.29 |
Number of condomless anal intercourse acts (3 months) | 0.99 | 0.93 to 1.05 | 0.77 |
Sexual orientation disclosure—what was ref category? | 0.96 | 0.59 to 1.57 | 0.88 |
Bivariate logistic regression models testing associations with antibody HIV test diagnosis | |||
OR | 95% CI | P value | |
Number of male sex partners (3 months) | 0.99 | 0.92 to 1.07 | 0.89 |
Number of condomless anal intercourse acts (3 months) | 0.94 | 0.86 to 1.03 | 0.20 |
Sexual orientation disclosure | 1.55 | 0.75 to 3.23 | 0.24 |
In all bivariate models, the dependent variable was lab-confirmed negative (coded 0) or positive (coded 1) rectal chlamydia or gonorrhoea result. ‘Number of male sex partners’ was the number of different men a participant reported having anal sex with in the past 3 months; ‘number of condomless anal intercourse acts‘ was the number of condomless anal intercourse acts reported in the past 3 months; ‘sexual orientation disclosure’ measured whether men were completely closeted, closeted to some or out to everyone about their sexual orientation (higher scores indicate more outness); reference category was 0, ‘completely closeted’.
M, mean.