Table 5 |
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Odds ratios (unadjusted and adjusted) for variables that predict initiating others into injecting drug use |
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| Variable |
% initiating others |
Unadjusted OR (95%CI) |
Adjusted OR (95%CI) |
|
|
|
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| Sex |
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| Male |
73.2 |
1.0 |
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| Female |
35.0 |
0.20 (0.07–0.52) |
0.28 (0.08–1.02) |
|
| Employed |
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| No |
75.6 |
1.0 |
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| Yes |
45.7 |
0.27 (0.13–0.58) |
0.35 (0.14–0.84) |
|
| IDU friends at time of initiation |
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| No |
40.6 |
1.0 |
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| Yes |
76.1 |
4.65 (2.10–10.30) |
5.11 (1.98–13.22) |
|
| Using alcohol around time of initiation |
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| No |
47.5 |
1.0 |
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| Yes |
74.8 |
3.29 (1.61–6.73) |
3.47 (1.47–8.19) |
|
| Taught to inject at initiation |
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| No |
58.1 |
1.0 |
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| Yes |
74.5 |
2.10 (1.12–3.97) |
2.65 (1.20–5.89) |
|
| Paid for drug at initiation |
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| No |
79.4 |
1.0 |
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| Yes |
58.9 |
0.37 (0.20–0.70) |
0.27 (0.12–0.57) |
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Kermode et al. Harm Reduction Journal 2007 4:19 doi:10.1186/1477-7517-4-19 |
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