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. 2012 Aug 16;7(8):e42937. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042937

Table 4. Risk behaviors associated with HIV, HCV and HBV infection in study population in logistic regression*.

Variables HIV HCV HBV
COR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) P value COR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) P value COR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) P
Main route of drugs use 0.212 0.839 0.991
Non-injecting 1 1 1 1 1 1
Injecting only 1.78 (0.96,3.29) 1.5 (0.78,2.88) 1.25 (0.8,1.94) 1.05 (0.64,1.73) 1.04 (0.64,1.69) 1.00 (0.59,1.71)
Years of injecting drug use <0.001 <0.001 0.07
>5 yr 1 1 1 1 1 1
≥5 yr 3.11 (2.29,4.23) 2.06 (1.45,2.94) 3.37 (2.57,4.42) 2.26 (1.66,3.08) 0.98 (0.76,1.27) 0.75(0.55,1.02)
Frequency of drug injection 0.208 <0.001 0.711
≤1 time/d 1 1 1 1 1 1
1–3 times/d 1.17 (0.65,2.09) 0.83 (0.44,1.57) 0.566 2.18 (1.48,3.21) 1.69 (1.12,2.55) 0.012 0.71 (0.46,1.11) 0.84 (0.52,1.36) 0.476
≥3times/d 2.09 (1.21,3.62) 1.14 (0.62,2.1) 0.682 4.4 (3,6.44) 2.82 (1.86,4.29) <0.001 0.75 (0.49,1.13) 0.82 (0.51,1.31) 0.409
Needles/syringes sharing <0.001 <0.001 0.878
No 1 1 1 1 1 1
Yes 4.48 (3.35,5.99) 3.93 (2.86,5.4) 3.6 (2.59,5.01) 2.63 (1.85,3.75) 1.1 (0.84,1.44) 1.02 (0.75,1.39)
No. of sexual partner 0.247 0.45 0.824
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
>1 0.93 (0.69,1.26) 0.8 (0.55,1.16) 1.07 (0.82,1.41) 0.88 (0.64,1.22) 0.86 (0.65,1.13) 1.04 (0.74,1.45)
Have history of STD 0.359 0.99 0.712
No 1 1 1 1
Yes 1.38 (0.97,1.95) 1.21 (0.81,1.81) 1.46(1.01, 2.11) 0.99(0.66, 1.51) 0.88 (0.61,1.26) 1.08 (0.72,1.6)

Note: * 1410 IDUs entered in the model of logistic regression; Adjusted by all independent variables.

COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; P value for Likelihood Ratio test.