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Table 4 HCV multivariate adjusted OR and 95% CI.

From: Demographic, risk behaviour and personal network variables associated with prevalent hepatitis C, hepatitis B, and HIV infection in injection drug users in Winnipeg, Canada

Variable name

OR (95% CI)

p value

Years of injection drug use

Categories based on quartiles (Q1–Q4 below)

  

Q2 vs. Q1

3.1 (1.5–6.2)

0.002

Q3 vs. Q1

10.8 (4.8–24.5)

<0.001

Q4 vs. Q1

10.3 (4.7–22.6)

<0.001

injected at a shooting gallery

  

Yes vs. no

4.3 (1.8–10.5)

<0.001

Ever used someone else's used syringe

See table 5

 

Number of IDU in network who use talwin/ritalin

See table 5

 

Number of IDU in network who have shown respondent how to inject drugs

See table 5

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