TABLE 5.

—Independent Associations With Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Women Noninjection Drug Users (Multivariate Analysis) Aged 18 to 29 Years From Low-Income Neighborhoods of 4 Northern California Counties, April 1996–January 1998

	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Cocaine use (ever vs never)	6.6 (2.1, 20.9)
African American (vs other race/ethnicity)	27.5 (3.4, 221.5)
Monthly income, $
< 500	3.5 (0.4, 30.3)
500–999	3.1 (0.3, 27.5)
≥ 1000	Referent

Note. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.