Table 3.
Trend of Injecting drugs
| Variable | HIV | Chi squared | p value | Odds ratio | 95% CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | ||||||
| Method of Drug intake # | Injection | 78 (74.3%) | 139 (46.6%) | ||||
| Inhalation | 15 (14.3%) | 31 (10.4%) | |||||
| Sniffing | 4 (3.8%) | 6 (2.0%) | |||||
| Oral | 8 (7.6%) | 22 (7.4%) | |||||
| Other | 0 (0%) | 100 (33.6%) | |||||
| Age first IV | <=21 | 23 (29.5%) | 65 (46.8%) | 6.189 | 0.02 | ||
| =>22 | 55 (70.5%) | 74 (53.2%) | |||||
| IV location # | Arm | 41 (34.8%) | 53 (31.55%) | ||||
| Forearm | 45 (38.1%) | 96 (57.1%) | |||||
| Finger | 1 (0.9%) | 1 (0.6%) | |||||
| Thigh | 8 (6.8%) | 1 (0.6%) | |||||
| Calf | 5 (4.2%) | 1 (0.6%) | |||||
| Hand | 15 (12.7%) | 15 (8.9%) | |||||
| Other | 3 (2.5%) | 1 (0.6%) | |||||
| Type of syringe first use | Used | 44 (56.4%) | 28 (20.1%) | 26.64 | 0.00 | 5.13 | 2.79;9.44 |
| Disposable | 34 (43.6%) | 111 (79.9%) | |||||
| Type of syringe used now | Used | 5 (6.4%) | 3 (2.2%) | ||||
| Disposable | 73 (93.6%) | 136 (97.8%) | |||||
| Sharing Syringe at first injection | Yes | 47 (60.3%) | 35 (25.2%) | 26.15 | 0.00 | 4.50 | 2.49;8.16 |
| No | 31 (39.7%) | 104 (74.8%) | |||||
| Sharing syringe now | Yes | 5 (6.4%) | 7 (5.0%) | ||||
| No | 73 (93.6%) | 132 (95%) |
# Multiple response