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Table 4 Socio-demographic, behavioral, and structural correlates of non-fatal overdose in the past 12 months among people who inject drugs in Baltimore, MD (N = 202)

From: Fentanyl-contaminated drugs and non-fatal overdose among people who inject drugs in Baltimore, MD

 

OR

95% CI

p

aOR

95% CI

p

“When you inject drugs, how often do you think it is laced with fentanyl?”

 Never or rarely

REF

REF

 Half, most, or all the time

2.48

1.18–5.22

0.016

2.79

1.00–4.68

0.021

 Do not know

1.38

0.52–3.72

0.518

0.89

0.28–2.82

0.840

Female gender

1.29

0.69–2.40

0.421

2.16

1.00–4.68

0.050

Race/ethnicity

 Black, Hispanic, or other

REF

 Non-Hispanic White

2.20

1.19–3.99

0.012

Housing status, past 3 months

 Own/rent

REF

REF

 Staying with family or friends or other

1.28

0.56–2.94

0.558

1.41

0.54–3.68

0.483

 Homeless#

2.94

1.45-5.95

0.003

3.07

1.28–7.39

0.012

Arrested, past 12 months

1.69

0.92–3.11

0.092

Injected > 3 times per day

1.73

0.91–3.29

0.095

Injected heroin by itself, past 6 months

0.41

0.14–1.23

0.114

0.13

0.03–0.49

0.002

Injected speedball, past 6 months

2.03

1.03–3.97

0.040

2.80

1.26–6.23

0.012

Prescription opioid misuse,*past 6 months

2.34

1.00–5.49

0.049

Benzodiazepine misuse,*past 6 months

1.81

0.97–3.40

0.064

Buprenorphine/Suboxone misuse,*past 6 months

4.39

2.27–8.51

< 0.001

6.37

2.86–14.17

< 0.001

Main place where drugs injected, past 30 days

 Private residence (own home, someone else’s home)

REF

 Public (e.g., abandoned building, street, park, car, shooting gallery)

2.07

1.12–3.82

0.021

Drug treatment in the past 12 months

 Inpatient hospital

3.58

1.30–9.91

0.014

 Inpatient rehab

2.40

0.86–6.72

0.095

 Outpatient treatment

0.61

0.32–1.19

0.148

  1. Adjusted logistic regression model is adjusted for age
  2. #Streets, car, abandoned houses, shelter, no set place or do not know
  3. *Taken not as prescribed or without a prescription
  4. OR odds ratio, aOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval, REF reference category