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Table 2 Linear growth curve analyses of HIV risk factors modelled as outcome, adjusted for age, gender and ethnicity (Aboriginal vs. non-Aboriginal)

From: Elevated HIV risk behaviour among recently incarcerated injection drug users in a Canadian setting: a longitudinal analysis

Risk factor

Slope (95% Confidence Interval)

p-value

Frequent cocaine injection

  

   Incarcerated

-0.342 (-0.792, 0.107)

0.737

   Matched control

-0.403 (-0.595, -0.212)

 

Need help injecting

  

   Incarcerated

-0.777 (-1.218, -0.335)

0.201

   Matched control

-0.467 (-0.665, -0.269)

 

Binge drug use

  

   Incarcerated

-0.630 (-1.047, -0.212)

0.273

   Matched control

-0.373 (-0.584, -0.162)

 

Resident in the DTES

  

   Incarcerated

-0.574 (-1.007, -0.142)

0.105

   Matched control

-0.185 (-0.328, -0.042)

 

Sex trade participation

  

   Incarcerated

-0.575 (-1.041, -0.109)

0.623

   Matched control

-0.398 (-0.609, -0.186)

 

Syringe sharing

  

   Incarcerated

-0.217 (-0.657, 0.224)

0.033

   Matched control

-0.722 (-0.933, -0.512)

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