Table 5.

Risk factors associated with patient non-compliance and infection-related mortality (multiple logistic regression analysis) of 344 hospitalizations among 216 IVDU*

Risk factors for patient's non-compliance	OR (95% CI)	p-value
Male gender	1.2 (0.6–2.2)	0.60
Age (per 10 years older)	0.8 (0.5–1.2)	0.26
Alcohol addiction	0.8 (0.4–1.7)	0.55
Psychiatric disorders	2.4 (1.1–5.1)	0.03†
HIV infection	0.7 (0.3–1.3)	0.24
Risk factors for infection-related mortality	OR (95% CI)	p-value
Number of infections	1.4 (0.7–2.9)	0.32
Age (per 10 years older)	2.0 (1.0–3.8)	0.04†
Male gender	1.0 (0.4–2.6)	0.93
Number of comorbidities	1.0 (0.8–1.3)	0.95

* seen by an ID during a period of 5 years.

^† Statistical significance (p < 0.05).