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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011 Jan 15;113(2-3):236–241. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.08.009

Table 3.

RDS-adjusted Crude and Adjusted Odds Ratios showing factors associated with having ever injected with someone from the US.

Univariable Models Multivariable Model
(n=1001)

Odds
Ratio
(OR)
95%
Confidence
Interval
(C.I.)
Adjusted
Odds
Ratio
(AOR)
95%
Confidence
Interval
(C.I.)
Demographics
   Race:
    Hispanic/Latino* 0.72 0.41, 1.27 ---
    Indigenous* 0.79 0.24, 2.65 ---
    White* 1.01 0.12, 8.50 ---
   Education (middle school vs. < middle
school)
3.25 1.82, 5.82 2.91 1.52, 5.91
   Speak English 4.26 2.52, 7.22 3.24 1.96, 5.36
   Age (in years) 1.06 1.03, 1.08 1.10 1.07, 1.14
   Age at first injection (in years) 0.93 0.89, 0.96 0.90 0.86, 0.94
   Male 2.79 1.16, 6.70 ---
   HIV: antibody positive 6.84 1.78, 26.24 ---
   Syphilis: titers ≥ 1:8 0.74 0.38, 1.46 ---
   TB: IGRA positive 0.68 0.42, 1.09 ---
   Homeless 1.81 0.90, 3.61 2.61 1.27, 5.39
   Lived in Tijuana for whole life 0.54 0.31, 0.93 ---
   Ever been in jail, prison, adult detention 16.17 6.23, 42.00 11.82 5.22, 26.77
Drug Use & Injection Risk Behavior
   Distributive syringe sharing (past 6 months) 1.07 0.66. 1.71 ---
   Receptive syringe sharing (past 6 months) 1.15 0.72, 1.85 ---
   Injects at least daily 0.76 0.38, 1.54 ---
   Usually injects with other people 0.82 0.50, 1.36 ---
   Drug most frequently injected in past 6 months:
    Heroin 0.96 0.58, 1.61 ---
    Heroin & methamphetamine 0.98 0.58, 1.68 ---
*

reference group is all others