Hidden populations: discovering the differences between the known and the unknown drug using populations in the Republic of Georgia

Gogia, M.; Lawlor, C.; Shengelia, N.; Stvilia, K.; Raymond, H. F.

doi:10.1186/s12954-019-0287-5

Harm Reduction Journal

Table 3 Comparison of Risk Assessment Index within some groups

From: Hidden populations: discovering the differences between the known and the unknown drug using populations in the Republic of Georgia

Sample characteristics		Sample type
Sample characteristics		NSP						PDI
	Groups	Drug index 95% CI	p values	Sex index 95% CI	p values	Risk index 95% CI	p values	Drug index 95% CI	p values	Sex index 95% CI	p values	Risk index 95% CI	p values
Age	= < 25	0.56 (0.47:0.65)	0.54	0.84 (0.76:0.91)	0.77	0.68 (0.64:0.73)	0.45	0.31 (0.29:0.32)	0.02	0.62 (0.6:0.65)	0.00	0.45 (0.43:0.46)	0.00
Age	= > 26	0.54 (0.52:0.55)	0.54	0.82 (0.81:0.84)	0.77	0.67 (0.66:0.68)	0.45	0.33 (0.32:0.34)	0.02	0.69 (0.68:0.7)	0.00	0.49 (0.48:0.5)	0.00
Gender	Woman	0.43 (0.4:0.46)	0.00	0.9 (0.87:0.94)	0.00	0.64 (0.62:0.66)	0.09	0.24 (0.21:0.26)	0.00	0.64 (0.6:0.68)	0.02	0.42 (0.4:0.44)	0.00
Gender	Man	0.55 (0.53:0.57)	0.00	0.82 (0.8:0.83)	0.00	0.67 (0.66:0.68)	0.09	0.34 (0.33:0.34)	0.00	0.68 (0.67:0.69)	0.02	0.49 (0.48:0.5)	0.00
Vint, Jeff	Injected	0.53 (0.49:0.57)	0.69	0.79 (0.76:0.83)	0.06	0.65 (0.62:0.68)	0.11	0.3 (0.28:0.32)	0.00	0.65 (0.63:0.67)	0.00	0.46 (0.44:0.47)	0.00
Vint, Jeff	Have not injected	0.54 (0.52:0.56)	0.69	0.83 (0.82:0.85)	0.06	0.67 (0.66:0.68)	0.11	0.33 (0.32:0.34)	0.00	0.69 (0.67:0.7)	0.00	0.49 (0.48:0.5)	0.00
Heroin, Siretsi	Injected	0.55 (0.52:0.58)	0.17	0.89 (0.86:0.91)	0.00	0.7 (0.69:0.72)	0.00	0.35 (0.34:0.36)	0.00	0.7 (0.69:0.72)	0.00	0.51 (0.5:0.51)	0.00
Heroin, Siretsi	Have not injected	0.53 (0.5:0.55)	0.17	0.77 (0.76:0.79)	0.00	0.64 (0.63:0.65)	0.00	0.3 (0.29:0.32)	0.00	0.65 (0.63:0.66)	0.00	0.46 (0.45:0.47)	0.00
Desomorphine	Injected	0.67 (0.64:0.7)	0.00	0.73 (0.71:0.76)	0.00	0.7 (0.68:0.71)	0.00	0.39 (0.37:0.41)	0.00	0.67 (0.65:0.7)	0.82	0.52 (0.5:0.54)	0.00
Desomorphine	Have not injected	0.49 (0.47:0.5)	0.00	0.86 (0.84:0.88)	0.00	0.65 (0.64:0.67)	0.00	0.31 (0.3:0.32)	0.00	0.68 (0.67:0.69)	0.82	0.48 (0.47:0.48)	0.00
Suboxone/Subutex	Injected	0.43 (0.4:0.46)	0.00	0.8 (0.77:0.82)	0.00	0.6 (0.58:0.61)	0.04	0.32 (0.3:0.33)	0.24	0.65 (0.63:0.67)	0.00	0.47 (0.45:0.48)	0.00
Suboxone/Subutex	Have not injected	0.57 (0.55:0.59)	0.00	0.83 (0.82:0.85)	0.00	0.69 (0.68:0.7)	0.04	0.33 (0.32:0.34)	0.24	0.69 (0.68:0.7)	0.00	0.49 (0.48:0.5)	0.00
Condom use during the last 6 months^α	Did not have sex during the last 6 months	0.48 (0.45:0.51)	0.00	0.75 (0.72:0.77)	0.00	0.6 (0.58:0.62)	0.00	0.29 (0.27:0.3)	0.00	0.59 (0.56:0.61)	0.00	0.42 (0.41:0.44)	0.00
	Always/mostly	0.56 (0.54:0.58)		0.88 (0.86:0.9)		0.7 (0.69:0.72)		0.36 (0.35:0.37)		0.72 (0.71:0.73)		0.52 (0.51:0.53)
	Sometimes/never	0.59 (0.55:0.64)		0.77 (0.73:0.81)		0.67 (0.65:0.7)		0.3 (0.28:0.32)		0.72 (0.7:0.75)		0.49 (0.48:0.51)
HIV knowledge	Incorrect	0.57 (0.53:0.6)	0.05	0.85 (0.82:0.87)	0.13	0.69 (0.67:0.71)	0.01	0.3 (0.29:0.31)	0.00	0.69 (0.68:0.71)	0.00	0.48 (0.47:0.49)	0.18
HIV knowledge	Correct	0.53 (0.51:0.55)	0.05	0.82 (0.8:0.84)	0.13	0.66 (0.65:0.67)	0.01	0.35 (0.34:0.36)	0.00	0.66 (0.65:0.68)	0.00	0.49 (0.48:0.5)	0.18
HIV testing and know result	Never tested	0.77 (0.73:0.8)	0.00	0.52 (0.51:0.54)	0.00	0.66 (0.64:0.67)	0.11	0.32 (0.31:0.33)	0.00	0.58 (0.57:0.59)	0.00	0.44 (0.43:0.45)	0.00
	Yes	0.48 (0.46:0.5)		0.9 (0.89:0.92)		0.67 (0.66:0.68)		0.35 (0.33:0.36)		0.91 (0.89:0.92)		0.6 (0.59:0.61)
	No	0.32 (0.22:0.42)		0.94 (0.78:1.1)		0.6 (0.5:0.7)		0.25 (0.21:0.3)		0.79 (0.72:0.86)		0.49 (0.45:0.53)

^α“no response” are missing in the analysis

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