Table 2 Regression estimates, standard error (SE), z value, and odds ratios for PWID having tested positive on the HCVab test in Brussels, 2019

(Intercept)

1.52

1.08

1.42

4.59 (0.56–37.89)

Not used heroin in the past 12 months (vs used heroin)

− 1.53

1.03

− 1.49

0.22 (0.03–1.63)

Female (vs male)

2.10

0.84

2.49

8.17 (1.57–42.6)

Never injected heroin (vs injected)

− 0.72

0.84

− 0.85

0.49 (0.09–2.54)

Never injected other opiates (vs injected)

− 1.74

0.51

− 3.38

0.18 (0.06–0.48)

Never injected amphetamines (vs injected)

− 0.86

0.56

− 1.54

0.42 (0.14–1.26)

Never injected cocaine (vs cocaine)

0.74

1.07

0.69

2.1 (0.26–17.01)

 Split drugs with someone else (vs not split drugs)

− 0.39

0.57

− 0.68

0.68 (0.22–2.08)

 Used a syringe that had been used before (vs not used syringe)

1.45

0.88

1.65

4.25 (0.76–23.84)

 Injected drugs that were mixed, measured or divided up with a used syringe (vs not mixed, measured or divided up with a used syringe)

0.55

0.85

0.65

1.73 (0.33–9.09)

 Draw a shot from someone else’s cooker (vs not draw shot from other cooker)

− 1.79

0.82

− 2.18

0.17 (0.03–0.83)

 Draw a shot from someone else’s water (vs not draw shot from other's water)

− 0.10

0.80

− 0.13

0.9 (0.19–4.3)

 Used rinse water from somebody else (vs not used other’s rinse water)

0.52

0.71

0.73

1.68 (0.42–6.76)

Not tested for HCV before (vs tested for HCV before)

− 1.98

0.56

− 3.52

0.14 (0.05–0.42)

Not on substitution treatment (vs on substitution treatment)

− 2.33

0.70

− 3.34

0.1 (0.02–0.38)

Not on other drug treatment (vs on other drug treatment)

0.84

0.48

1.75

2.33 (0.91–5.97)