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Table 2 Knowledge of unauthorized HIV self-testing and associated factors in MSM websites' users. Crude and adjusted analysis

From: Knowledge and use of unauthorized HIV self-test kits among men who have sex with men in Spain, following approval of an over-the-counter self-test in the U.S: a cross-sectional study

 

Number

Percent

Crude odds ratio

95 % confidence interval

Adjusted odds ratio

95 % confidence interval

Age

  < 35

187

3.8

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

  ≥ 35

171

4.6

1.2

0.9─1.5

1.0

0.8─1.3

Education

  < University

149

3.8

Ref.

   

 University

210

4.4

1.2

0.9─1.4

  

Place of birth

 Spain

296

4.0

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 Latin-America

30

4.5

1.2

0.8─1.7

1.1

0.8─1.7

 Other country

34

7.2

1.9

1.3─2.8

1.4

0.9─2.1

Place of residenceb

 Spain

315

3.9

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 Latin-America

2

1.8

0.6

0.1─2.3

0.4

0.1─1.4

 Other country

21

7.3

2.0

1.3─3.1

1.9

1.1─3.1

City of residence (inhabitants)b

  ≤ 500,000

176

3.6

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

  > 500,000

161

4.7

1.3

1.1─1.6

1.1

0.9─1.4

Involvement with the gay scene

 Member of a gay CBOc

32

7.1

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 Not member of a gay CBO-Frequents the gay scene

172

3.9

0.5

0.4─0.8

0.7

0.5─1.1

 Not related to gay scene

133

3.9

0.5

0.4─0.8

0.9

0.6─1.4

No. of male sexual partnersb

 0–1

50

3.6

Ref.

   

 2–4

85

3.9

1.1

0.8─1.6

  

 5–9

71

3.8

1.1

0.7─1.6

  

  > 10

138

4.5

1.3

0.9─1.8

  

Anal intercourse and condom useb

 No anal intercourse

5

2.0

Ref.

   

 Had anal intercourse (with or without condom use)

335

4.1

1.9

0.8─4.6

  

Ever paid for sex

 No

315

4.0

Ref.

   

 Yes

31

5.2

1.4

0.9─2.0

  

Ever been paid for sex

 No

326

4.0

Ref.

   

 Yes

21

5.5

1.4

0.9─2.2

  

Injected drug use

 Ever

3

3.0

Ref.

   

 Never

338

4.1

1.6

0.4─3.7

  

No. of previous HIV tests

 0–1

108

2.9

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

  ≥ 2

252

5.2

1.9

1.5─2.3

1.4

1.0─1.8

HIV testing intention in the next year

 Certainly no/Probably no/Not sure

99

2.8

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 Certainly yes/Probably yes

259

5.2

1.9

1.5─2.4

1.5

1.2─2.0

Knows about the availability of self-testing in the USA

 I thought it could exist, although I had never seen it/I had no idea about it

158

2.3

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 Yes I knew about it

202

11.1

5.2

4.2─6.5

4.9

3.9─6.2

  1. aThe level of significance was examined with the rare event logit regression
  2. bLast 12 months
  3. cCBO: Community based organization