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Table 2 Multivariate log-binomial regression analysis of factors associated with reports of police beatings among IDU in Bangkok, Thailand ( n= 639)

From: Reports of police beating and associated harms among people who inject drugs in Bangkok, Thailand: a serial cross-sectional study

Variable

Adjusted PR

95% CI

p -value

Calendar year of study enrolment

   

  (2011 vs. 2009)

1.27

(1.07–1.49)

0.005

Younger age among those who ever injected methamphetamine

 

  (< 37 years vs. ≥ 37 years old)

1.18

(0.99–1.41)

0.062

Younger age among those who never injected methamphetamine

 

  (< 37 years vs. ≥ 37 years old)

1.69

(1.17–2.43)

0.005

Gender

   

  (Male vs. Female)

4.43

(2.63–7.49)

<0.001

Syringe sharing ever

   

  (Yes vs. No)

1.44

(1.15–1.80)

0.002

Ever in prison

   

  (Yes vs. No)

2.51

(1.68–3.77)

<0.001

Ever in compulsory drug detention

   

  (Yes vs. No)

1.22

(1.05–1.40)

0.008

Reporting barriers to accessing healthcare

  

  (Any vs. None)

1.23

(1.01–1.49)

0.043

Non-fatal overdose ever

   

  (Yes vs. No)

1.14

(0.97–1.34)

0.115

  1. IDU people who inject drugs, PR prevalence ratio, CI Confidence Interval.