Comparison of outcomes after 3-month methadone maintenance treatment between heroin users with and without HIV infection: a 3-month follow-up study

Table 2 Group comparisons of the changes in heroin dependence, harm caused by heroin use and current heroin use: mixed-model analysis

	Severity of heroin dependence		Severity of harm caused by heroin use		Current heroin use
	Coefficient	p	Coefficient	p	OR (95% CI of OR)	p
HIV positive serostatus	−0.371	.613	−2.531	.061	1.430 (0.517-3.952)	.489
Sex: male	−0.931	.221	0.225	.870	1.163 (0.431-3.134)	.765
Age	−0.01	.786	−0.181	.004	0.985 (0.947-1.025)	.468
Education level	−0.058	.625	−0.199	.307	1.090 (0.966-1.231)	.161
Attending rate	−5.050	.002	−2.120	.460	0.034 (0.002-0.428)	.013

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