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Table 7 Sensitivity analyses assessing the impact of ART adherence as a continuous variable on casual mediation analyses’ parameter estimates

From: Effects of intimate partner violence and homophobic bullying on ART adherence among young Thai men who have sex with men: a causal mediation analysis

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AORa

95% CI

P value

Intimate partner violence

 Intimate partner violence → Depression

1.65

0.98, 2.78

0.058

 Depression → ART nonadherence

1.75

−0.14, −3.64

0.070

 Intimate partner violence → ART nonadherence

1.68

−1.73, 5.10

0.33

 Total effect

2.03

−1.46, 5.21

0.26

 Direct effect (not through depression, path A)

1.81

−1.69, 4.93

0.32

 Average causal mediation effect (through depression, path B)

0.22

−0.03, 0.64

0.11

 % Mediated

7.4%

−0.87%, 1,16%

0.24

Homophobic bullying

 Homophobic bullying → Depression

3.25

2.13, 4.96

 &±ô³Ù; 0.001

 Depression → ART nonadherence

1.30

−0.63, 3.11

0.19

 Homophobic bullying → ART nonadherence

3.46

0.80, 6.11

0.011

 Total effect

3.79

1.42, 6.39

0.002

 Direct effect (not through depression, path A)

3.44

0.94, 6.08

0.004

 Average causal mediation effect (through depression, path B)

0.36

−0.14, 0.95

0.21

 % Mediated

9.7%

−4.4%, 37%

0.18

  1. Bolded = significant at p &±ô³Ù; 0.05
  2. aModels adjusted for age, education, income, regular partner status and ever provided sex work