Comparison of injecting drug users who obtain syringes from pharmacies and syringe exchange programs in Tallinn, Estonia

Table 2 Multivariate factors¹ related to pharmacy as main source for syringes²

Variable	AOR	95% CI	p-value
Main drug injected during last 6 months:
Fentanyl	0.62	0.34–1.13	0.120
Amphetamine	1.13	0.71–1.80	0.609
Ever overdosed:
No	1.0
Yes	0.88	0.53–1.45	0.606
Sharing syringes during last 6 months:
No	1.0
Yes	1.42	0.87–2.32	0.159
Sharing paraphernalia during last 6 months:
No	1.0
Yes	1.33	0.76–2.34	0.312
Ever shared needles with someone known to be HIV positive:
No	1.0
Yes	0.70	0.40–1.23	0.214
Sharing needles with sexual partner during last 6 months:
No	1.0
Yes	1.48	0.65–3.36	0.346
Number of sexual partners during last 12 months:
None or one	1.0
More than one	1.88	1.17–3.04	0.009
Number of casual partners during last 6 months:
None	1.0
One or more	2.09	1.24–3.53	0.006
Condom use with casual partner during last 6 months:
Never	1.0
Occasionally/Always	1.01	0.69–1.47	0.962
Condom use with primary partner:
Never	1.0
Occasionally/Always	0.75	0.38–1.48	0.406
Self-reported STI (syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, genital herpes):
No	1.0
Yes	0.82	0.39–1.74	0.613
Disease serostatus:
HIV+	0.54	0.33–0.87	0.012
HCV+	0.10	0.02–0.50	0.005
Ever been tested for HIV:
No	1.0
Yes	1.11	0.56–2.17	0.766
Ever received drug treatment:
No	1.0
Yes	1.16	0.71–1.89	0.548
Ever been in prison:
No	1.0
Yes	1.11	0.67–1.86	0.680

¹Reference group SEP users.
² Adjusted for age, gender, employment status, duration of injection career and intensity of injecting per day.

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