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Table 2 Bivariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards analyses of the time to death among 2453 PWID

From: Impact of unstable housing on all-cause mortality among persons who inject drugs

 

Unadjusted

Adjusted

Relative hazard (RH)

Relative hazard (ARH)

Variable

RH

(95% CI)

p-value

ARH

(95% CI)

p-value

Unstable housing*

      

(Yes vs. No)

1.37

1.14-1.63

<0.001

1.30

1.08-1.56

0.005

Gender

      

(Male vs. Female)

1.09

0.91-1.30

0.353

   

Age

      

(per 1 year older)

1.03

1.02-1.04

<0.001

   

Ethnicity

      

(Caucasian vs. Other)

1.07

0.90-1.28

0.440

   

HIV serostatus

      

(Positive vs. Negative)

2.67

2.24-3.18

<0.001

2.56

2.14-3.07

<0.001

Sex work involvement*

      

(Yes vs. No)

0.76

0.57-1.02

0.071

   

Daily heroin injection*

      

(Yes vs. No)

0.80

0.64-1.00

0.051

0.83

0.66-1.04

0.108

Daily cocaine injection*

      

(Yes vs. No)

1.44

1.16-1.80

0.001

1.36

1.08-1.71

0.009

Daily Non-injection cocaine use*

      

(Yes vs. No)

0.89

0.73-1.08

0.238

   

Enrolment in a methadone program*

      

(Yes vs. No)

0.81

0.68-0.97

0.020

   

Incarceration*

      

(Yes vs. No)

0.92

0.72-1.17

0.486

   

HCV serostatus

      

(Positive vs. Negative)

1.95

1.30-2.94

0.001

   
  1. *Behaviours refer to activities in the last six months.