Table 2.
Comparisons of social network components between young opiate users with and without concurrent sexual partners
| Weighted Median/Mean (IQRa/SDb) |
Crude |
Adjustedc |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concurrency | Non-concurrency | ORd | 95%CIe | OR | 95%CI | |
| Support network size | 7 (5–10) | 6 (4–9) | 1.05 | 0.99–1.12 | 1.05 | 0.98–1.13 |
| Sexual network size | 1 (0–2) | 1 (0–1) | 1.71 | 1.39–2.10 f | 1.91 | 1.52–2.39 |
| Drug-use network size | 3 (2–5) | 2 (1–4) | 1.13 | 1.04–1.23 | 1.16 | 1.03–1.27 |
| Tangible support from sex-partner alters | 13.69 (8.40) | 10.92 (4.81) | 1.06 | 1.03–1.10 | 1.06 | 1.02–1.11 |
| Emotional support from sex-partner alters | 12.53 (8.03) | 9.89 (4.74) | 1.07 | 1.02–1.10 | 1.06 | 1.02–1.11 |
| Tangible support from drug-use alters | 14.25 (13.04) | 12.15 (12.74) | 1.01 | 0.99–1.03 | 1.02 | 0.99–1.04 |
| Emotional support from drug-use alters | 14.90 (12.96) | 13.96 (13.02) | 1.01 | 0.99–1.02 | 1.01 | 0.99–1.03 |
| Tangible support from family-member alters | 17.07 (9.42) | 21.06 (13.52) | 0.97 | 0.95–0.99 | 0.97 | 0.95–0.99 |
| Emotional support from family-member alters | 14.27 (8.52) | 17.82 (13.76) | 0.97 | 0.95–0.99 | 0.97 | 0.95–1.00 |
| Tangible support from friend alters | 29.05 (21.68) | 29.10 (29.35) | 1.00 | 0.99–1.01 | 1.00 | 0.99–1.01 |
| Emotional support from friend alters | 29.33 (21.10) | 29.00 (29.99) | 1.00 | 0.99–1.01 | 1.00 | 0.99–1.01 |
a
Interquartile range
b
Standard deviation
c
Adjusted for gender, age, ethnicity, education, marital status and job.
d
Odds ratio
e
95% confidence interval
f
P<0.05 in bold