Table 2.
Binary logistic regression for injecting risk behaviours across age groups, by state
| Age (years) | Manipur | Nagaland | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharing needles/syringes in past month | Drew up drugs from common container at last injection | Sharing needles/syringes in past month | Drew up drugs from common container at last injection | |||||
| Unadjusted OR (95% CI) (n=1,558) | Adjusted OR a (95% CI) (n=1,537) | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) (n=1,657) | Adjusted OR a (95% CI) (n=1,608) | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) (n=1,577) | Adjusted OR a (95% CI) (n=1,362) | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) (n=1,704) | Adjusted OR a (95% CI) (n=1,487) | |
| 18–24 | 1.20 (0.78–1.82) | 1.84 (1.10–3.08)* | 1.75 (1.24–2.48)** | 1.79 (1.17–2.73)** | 0.89 (0.63–1.28) | 1.60 (1.01–2.53)* | 1.06 (0.76–1.46) | 1.49 (0.98–2.26) |
| 25–34 | 1.05 (0.73–1.51) | 1.12 (0.76–1.65) | 1.52 (1.11–2.06)** | 1.35 (0.97–1.87) | 0.94 (0.66–1.33) | 0.98 (0.65–1.48) | 0.94 (0.71–1.37) | 1.33 (0.74–1.53) |
| 35+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
*p <0.05; **p <0.01; ***p <0.001.
aAdjusted for literacy, marital status, length of injecting career, frequency of injecting, most commonly injected drug, and usual place for procuring new needles/syringes.