Comparison of risk behaviors and socio-cultural profile of men who have sex with men survey respondents recruited via venues and the internet

Table 5 Factors associated with UAI in the last 12 months (among those having had anal sex) - Venue-recruited MSM (n = 272) & internet-recruited MSM (n = 182)

	Group V				Group I
	UAI		Univariate	Multivariate OR	UAI		Univariate	Multivariate OR
	Row%	(n)	OR	(95%CI)	Row%	(n)	OR	(95%CI)
Socio-demographics
Age groups
18-29	37.5	(72)	1.00	1.00	54.3	(69)	1.00	---
≥30	25.0	(20)	0.56*	0.54(0.29,0.98)*	50.9	(28)	0.87
Number of items showing perceived discrimination against MSM (to the above 3 items)
0 - 2 discrimination responses	30.1	(63)	1.00	1.00	60.8	(45)	1.00	---
3 discrimination responses	46.0	(29)	1.98*	2.33(1.28,4.26)**	48.1	(52)	0.60
Best friends supporting their sexual orientation
No/unaware of one's sexual orientation	25.0	(20)	1.00	1.00	42.5	(34)	1.00	1.00
Yes	37.5	(72)	1.80*	1.97 (1.07, 3.62)*	61.8	(63)	2.19*	1.94(1.05,3.57)*
Number of friends having MSM behaviors
A few or none	34.7	(43)	1.00	---	47.9	(67)	1.00	1.00
All or most of them	33.3	(49)	0.94		71.4	(30)	2.72**	2.38(1.11,5.11)*

Group V: Venue-recruited MSM; Group I: Internet-recruited MSM.
Multivariate OR: Odds ratio obtained from stepwise multivariate logistic regression using univariately significant variables as candidate variables.
Variable considered included all those listed in Tables 1, 2 and 3. For Group V (venue-recruited MSM), univariately significant variables included age group, number of items showing perceived discrimination against MSM, and having best friends supporting one's sexual orientation. For Group I (internet-recruited MSM), univariately significant variables included having best friends supporting one's sexual orientation, and number of friends having MSM behaviors. Only multivariately significant variables are summarized in Table 5.
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.
--- univariately not significant (and was not considered in the multivariate model)

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