Baseline prevalence and correlates of HIV and HCV infection among people who inject drugs accessing a syringe services program; Miami, FL

Table 2 Bivariate and multivariable regression associations between socio-demographics, drug use, and injection risk with HCV infection

Variable	Bivariate associations			Full model
Variable	OR^a	95% CI	P value	aOR^b	95% CI	P value
Demographics
Age	1.01	1.00‑1.01	< 0.001*	1.01	1.00 1.01	< 0.001*
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic Black	0.88	0.75‑1.02	0.094	0.89	0.71‑1.10	0.281
Hispanic	1.03	0.96‑1.11	0.342	1.09	0.91‑1.31	0.335
Non-Hispanic White	Ref			Ref
Biological sex
Male	0.96	0.88‑1.03	0.264	0.98	0.91‑1.06	0.626
Female	Ref			Ref
Sexual orientation
Gay/bisexual	0.89	0.81‑0.98	< 0.001*	0.94	0.35‑2.50	0.211
Straight/heterosexual	Ref			Ref
Education
<High school/GED	1.23	1.15‑1.32	< 0.001*	1.13	1.06‑1.21	< 0.001*
>High school/GED	Ref			Ref
Income
$0‑$14,999	1.19	1.11‑1.28	< 0.001*	1.05	0.98‑1.13	0.159
> $15,000	Ref			Ref
Currently homeless	1.29	1.20‑1.39	< 0.001*	1.16	1.08‑1.24	< 0.001*
Drug use
Heroin injection	1.22	1.12‑1.33	< 0.001*	1.05	0.96‑1.14	0.303
Cocaine injection	1.09	1.01‑1.18	0.023*	1.02	0.95‑1.10	0.571
Methamphetamine injection	0.84	0.76‑0.92	< 0.001*	0.94	0.85‑1.05	0.286
Crack injection	1.26	1.12‑1.42	< 0.001*	1.12	0.99‑1.26	0.068
Injection risk
Number of injections per day in the last 30 days
Greater than 7	1.22	1.12‑1.34	< 0.001*	1.14	1.04‑1.24	0.003*
Less than 7	Ref			Ref
Reusing syringes
Any reusing	1.31	1.16‑1.47	< 0.001*	1.18	1.05‑1.32	0.004*
No reusing	Ref			Ref
Sharing works (syringes, cookers, cottons)
Shared any works	1.24	1.16‑1.33	< 0.001*	1.13	1.05‑1.21	0.001*
Shared no works	Ref			Ref
HIV-positive	0.88	0.79‑0.99	0.035*	0.99	0.88‑1.12	0.894

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