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Table 3 Multivariable confounding model of the independent effect of sex-for-crack exchanges on number of clients among a cohort of street-based female sex workers in Vancouver, Canada

From: Sex-for-Crack exchanges: associations with risky sexual and drug use niches in an urban Canadian city

Characteristic

Unadjusted incidence rate ratio

Adjusted incidence rate ratio

IRR (95% CI)

p - value

aIRR (95% CI)

p - value

Exchanged sex for crack*

1.55 (1.22– 1.97)

<0.001

1.34 (1.07- 1.69)

0.013

  1. *Within the last 6 months.
  2. N.B. Multivariable confounder model adjusted for a priori and statistically significant confounders (servicing clients in public spaces, and age). Age was forced into the model based on well-established a priori knowledge of age as a confounder.
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