Table 3.
Multivariate analysis of factors associated with initiating someone into injection drug use in the last 12 months (N=605)
| Variables | Adjusted odds ratio |
95% Confidence Interval |
|---|---|---|
| Likelihood of initiating in the future | ||
| No | Referent | |
| Yes | 7.09 | (3.40, 14.79) |
| Non-injection cocaine use, last 30 days | ||
| No | Referent | |
| Yes | 4.97 | (2.08, 11.84) |
| Injected others – ‘Street doc’ | ||
| No | Referent | |
| Yes | 4.05 | (1.94, 8.47) |
| Study Site | ||
| San Francisco | Referent | |
| Los Angeles | 3.20 | (1.52, 6.71) |
| Ever described injection to a non-injector | ||
| No | Referent | |
| Yes | 2.76 | (1.28, 5.93) |