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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Behav. 2012 Feb 7;37(6):691–696. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.01.019

Table 2.

Univariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with non-fatal overdose among individuals who did and did not report recent incarceration.

Recently incarcerated
Not recently incarcerated
OR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI)
Age
 Per year older 0.97 (0.96–0.98) 0.98 (0.97–0.99) 0.95 (0.94–0.96) 0.97 (0.96–0.98)
Gender
 Female vs. male 1.14 (0.91–1.44) 1.20 (1.00–1.42)
Aboriginal ancestry
 Yes vs. no 0.89 (0.69–1.13) 0.98 (0.82–1.18)
 Yes vs. no 1.30 (1.04–1.62) 1.76 (1.44–2.15) 1.31 (1.04–1.64)
Formal employmenta
 Yes vs. no 1.11 (0.85–1.44) 1.00 (0.85–1.18)
Marital status
 Married vs. other 1.04 (0.82–1.31) 0.88 (0.74–1.04)
Live alone
 Yes vs. no 1.12 (0.93–1.35) 1.00 (0.87–1.15)
Heroin injectiona
 ≥Daily vs. less 1.80 (1.48–2.18) 1.29 (1.05–1.59) 2.24 (1.94–2.59) 1.33 (1.14–1.57)
Cocaine injectiona
 ≥Daily vs. less 1.91 (1.59–2.29) 1.49 (1.22–1.83) 2.62 (2.26–3.03) 1.72 (1.47–2.03)
Speedball injectiona
 ≥Daily vs. less 1.75 (1.39–2.22) 2.21 (1.78–2.75)
MA usea
 ≥Daily vs. less 1.78 (1.05–3.03) 1.98 (1.21–3.22) 2.14 (1.38–3.32) 1.97 (1.21–3.19)
Morphine usea
 ≥Daily vs. less 1.01 (0.56–1.83) 1.33 (0.88–1.99)
Benzodiazepine usea
 ≥Daily vs. less 1.96 (1.37–2.81) 1.90 (1.29–2.80) 2.44 (1.92–3.11) 2.11 (1.62–2.75)
Alcohol use >4 drinksa
 ≥Daily vs. less 1.26 (0.91–1.75) 1.40 (1.14–1.71) 1.28 (1.03–1.60)
MMT
 Yes vs. no 0.56 (0.42–0.74) 0.64 (0.48–0.85) 0.45 (0.38–0.55) 0.60 (0.50–0.72)
Binge drug usea
 Yes vs. no 2.02 (1.69–2.41) 1.67 (1.38–2.03) 2.68 (2.35–3.05) 2.09 (1.82–2.40)
Public injectinga
 Yes vs. no 1.64 (1.35–2.00) 1.34 (1.10–1.65) 2.38 (2.01–2.82) 1.46 (1.21–1.76)
Where incarcerateda
 Provincial vs. local 0.89 (0.74–1.07)
 Federal vs. local 0.64 (0.33–1.24)
Previous incarceration
 Yes vs. no 1.00 (0.65–1.54) 0.73 (0.61–0.88) 0.80 (0.66–0.96)
Inject while incara
 Yes vs. no 1.52 (1.11–2.08)
Previous NFOD
 Yes vs. no 3.60 (2.77–4.68) 3.87 (2.97–5.03) 3.04 (2.52–3.66) 3.41 (2.83–4.12)
HIV-serostatus
 Positive vs. negative 0.76 (0.59–0.98) 0.77 (0.61–0.99) 0.80 (0.66–0.97)
HCV-serostatus
 Positive vs. negative 1.37 (0.93–2.01) 0.74 (0.57–0.95)
a

In the last six months.