HIV serostatus knowledge and serostatus disclosure with the most recent anal intercourse partner in a European MSM sample recruited in 13 cities: results from the Sialon-II study

Table 2 Multilevel logistic regression: factors associated with HIV serostatus disclosure to the most recent anal intercourse partner amongst MSM in 13 European cities, Sialon-II bio-behavioural survey, 2013–2014

		Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval		p-Value
Type of partner during most recent AI					<0.001
	steady partner	ref.
	non-steady partner	0.16	0.14	0.20	<0.001
	more than one partner	0.18	0.12	0.26	<0.001
Negative HIV test result during last 12 months					<0.001
	no HIV test result	ref.
	negative antibody test	2.69	2.23	3.23	<0.001
	negative viral load test	0.63	0.30	1.33	0.23
Outness towards family members, friends, and co-workers					<0.001
	none or few	ref.
	less than half	1.22	0.91	1.63	0.18
	more than half	1.32	1.00	1.73	0.05
	all/almost all	1.69	1.32	2.16	<0.001
HIV status awareness					<0.001
	not infected with HIV (tested or untested)	ref.
	newly diagnosed	0.51	0.31	0.86	0.01
	already known	6.47	3.37	12.45	<0.001
Age group					0.0747
	18–24	0.80	0.64	1.00	0.051
	25–34	ref.
	35–44	1.10	0.89	1.37	0.37
	45–54	0.84	0.63	1.14	0.26
	55+	0.79	0.51	1.24	0.31
Perceived gay stigma					0.04
	experienced positive attitudes (score points 11–15)	ref.
	experienced neutral attitudes (score points 8–10.5)	0.82	0.68	1.00	0.04
	experienced negative attitudes (score points 1–7.5)	0.72	0.54	0.97	0.03
Condom use during most recent AI					<0.001
	condom use	ref.
	no condom use	1.80	1.51	2.14	<0.001
_cons		0.46	0.34	0.62	<0.001
city		0.003	0,00	23.22

Likelihood Ratio test vs. logistic regression: chibar²(1) = 0.05; Prob ≥ chibar² = 0.4089
RDS = Respondent Driven Sampling; AI = anal intercourse; OR = Odds Ratio
OR <1.0 indicates lower odds for disclosure, bold indicates ORs with a p-value ≤0.05

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