Association between stigma towards HIV and MSM and intimate partner violence among newly HIV-diagnosed Chinese men who have sex with men

Table 3 Associations between HIV- and MSM-related stigma and any IPV among 367 participants

Covariate	Any IPV
Covariate	Crude OR (95% CI)	AOR(95% CI)
HIV-related stigma (< 27 vs. ≥27)	1.64 (1.01–2.68)*	1.67 (1.02–2.76)*
Felt stigma (< 15 vs. ≥15)	1.34 (0.82–2.18)	1.38 (0.84–2.27)
Vicarious stigma (< 5 vs. ≥5)	1.46 (0.90–2.40)	1.50 (0.91–2.47)
Internalized stigma (< 8 vs. ≥8)	1.49 (0.92–2.41)	1.53 (0.93–2.51)
MSM-related stigma (< 6 vs. ≥6)	1.88 (1.13–3.12)*	1.99 (1.18–3.36)**
Perceived stigma (< 5 vs. ≥5)	1.38 (0.85–2.25)	1.46 (0.89–2.39)
Enacted stigma (< 1 vs. ≥1)	2.12 (1.29–3.46)**	2.13 (1.29–3.50)**
HIV-related stigma*MSM-related stigma	0.56 (0.20–1.59)	0.54 (0.19–1.54)

Note: IPV Intimate partner violence, OR Odds ratio, AOR Adjusted odds ratio (adjusted for age, marital status, health insurance and place of birth); CI Confidence interval, MSM Men who have sex with men
^*Significant at P < 0.05; ^**Significant at P < 0.01

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