Table 1

Socio-demographic and behavioural factors associated with reporting requiring help injecting outdoors among participants of the Vancouver Injection Drug User Study

Variable

Requiring help injecting outdoors n = 163

Odds Ratio (OR) (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Age

(year older)

1.06 (1.04-1.09) **

0.98 (0.95-1.01)

Years injecting

(per year)

0.97 (0.95-0.99)**

1.00 (0.98-1.01)

Sex

(female vs. male)

2.80 (1.87-4.20) **

1.74 (1.21-2.50)*

Aboriginal ethnicity

(yes vs. no)

1.07 (0.70-1.64)

0.58 (0.41-0.82)*

DTES residence

(yes vs. no)

1.40 (0.96-2.06)

-

HIV

(yes vs. no)

1.02 (0.67-1.57)

-

Homeless

(yes vs. no)

1.88 (1.22-2.90) **

1.24 (0.75-1.79)

Daily heroin

(yes vs. no)

2.35 (1.65-3.34) **

1.25 (0.95-1.66)

Daily cocaine

(yes vs. no)

1.45 (1.05-2.01) *

1.70 (1.29-2.24)*

Sex trade

(yes vs. no)

2.85 (1.91-4.26) **

1.44 (1.00-2.06)*

Incarceration

(yes vs. no)

1.82 (1.18-2.80) **

1.24 (0.87-1.77)

Police presence

(yes vs. no)

2.35 (1.64-3.37)**

1.22 (0.91-1.65)

Note: * p < 0.050 ** p < 0.001, CI = Confidence Interval

Lloyd-Smith et al. Harm Reduction Journal 2010 7:6   doi:10.1186/1477-7517-7-6