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Table 2 Factors independently associated with past-month syringe sharing among PWID completing surveys at major bases in Kumasi, Ghana, 2018 (n = 221)a

From: High levels of used syringe use and unsafe sex among people who inject drugs in Kumasi, Ghana: an urgent call for a comprehensive harm reduction approach

Variable

Adjusted Odds Ratio

95% CI

Injection frequency

  

 1–20 times a week

Reference

 

 21 or more times a week

3.76

2.01–7.04

How many people do you inject with?

  

 0–3 people

Reference

 

 4 or more people

2.43

1.10–5.38

Would you use a syringe exchange program?

  

 Yes

3.53

1.70–7.31

 No

Reference

 
  1. aFinal regression model includes standard errors clustered by base and controls for sociodemographic characteristics (age, ethnicity, occupation, number of drug users in the community, and number of places where people inject drugs)
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