Table 3.

Predictors of Needle Risk Outcomes at 6 months

	N	Common Container	Front/back load	Dirty Syringe	Dirty works	Needle Risk Composite
City		p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p < 0.001
Makeevka	516	15.7%	67.1%	10.5%	20.7%	72.9%
Kiev	552	54.5%	83.5%	14.3%	26.1%	87.7%
Odessa	503	3.8%	58.8%	2.2%	3.8%	60.0%
Gender		p = 901	p = 0.269	p = 0.338	p = 0.999	p = 0.347
Male	1187	25.5	70.9	8.8	17.2	74.6
Female	384	25.8	68.0	10.4	17.2	72.1
Mean age		p < 0.001	p = 0.058	p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p = 0.001
Yes on outcome		27.5 (6.4)	29.2 (7.6)	27.1 (6.1)	27.0 (6.3)	29.1 (7.5)
No on outcome		30.1 (8.1)	30.1 (8.3)	29.7 (7.9)	30.0 (8.0)	30.6 (8.4)
Mean years injected		p < 0.001	p = 0.565	p = 0.007	p < 0.001	p = 0.066
Yes on outcome		9.2 (5.8)	10.7 (7.0)	9.5 (5.9)	8.9 (5.9)	10.6 (6.9)
No on outcome		11.3 (7.6)	11.0 (7.8)	10.9 (7.3)	11.2 (7.4)	11.4 (8.0)
Mean Times injected		p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p < 0.001
Yes on outcome		42.2 (39.1)	31.7 (33.3)	47.3 (41.5)	35.2 (38.6)	31.5 (33.6)
No on outcome		23.7 (28.0)	20.7 (27.9)	26.4 (30.5)	27.0 (30.6)	19.7 (26.0)
Inj stimulants		p < 0.001	p = 0.103	p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p < 0.001
No	736	17.4	68.2	6.4	9.9	69.7
Yes	835	32.7	72.0	11.7	23.6	77.7
Inj opiates		p = 0.359	p = 0.001	p = 0.405	p = 0.563	p = 0.006
No	772	24.5	66.3	8.6	17.7	70.9
Yes	799	26.5	74.0	9.8	16.6	77.0
Inj Opiate/sedative		p = 0.200	p < 0.001	p = 0.055	p = 0.133	p = 0.009
No	913	24.3	66.4	8.0	18.4	71.5
Yes	658	27.2	75.5	10.9	15.5	77.4
HIV positive test		p = 0.103	p = 0.895	p = 0.698	p = 0.003	p = 0.686
No	1021	26.8	70.0	9.3	19.2	74.2
Yes	543	23.1	70.3	8.7	13.3	73.3