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. 2014 Jan 14;11:1. doi: 10.1186/1477-7517-11-1

Table 2.

Factors associated with receiving an HCV test during the past year (N = 520)

  Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Age <30 years
1.2 (0.8 – 1.8)
 
Female gender
1.2 (0.8 – 1.9)
 
Completed college or technical school
1.9 (1.5 – 2.5)
1.9 (1.4 – 2.5)
Currently employed*
1.3 (0.9 – 2.0)
 
Has health insurance
1.6 (1.1 – 2.4)
 
Has a primary care provider
1.9 (1.2 – 2.8)
2.0 (1.3 – 3.0)
Urban residence**
1.6 (1.1 – 2.4)
 
Milwaukee zip code
2.0 (1.3 – 2.9)
2.3 (1.5 – 3.5)
History of opioid overdose
1.6 (1.0 – 2.5)
1.8 (1.1 – 2.8)
Injecting for 2 or more years
1.5 (1.0 – 2.4)
 
Injecting daily during past 6 months***
1.4 (0.9 – 2.1)
 
Sharing works in past 6 months± 1.1 (0.7 – 1.6)  

*Employed full- or part-time as compared with unemployed.

**Compared to a collapsed single group of rural and suburban.

***Compared to a collapsed single group of people who injected less than daily (i.e. combined once a week and 2–6 times a week.

±Sharing works was defined as any report of using a syringe, cooker/container, or cotton filter after another person had already used it.