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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2013 May 8;26(1):53–64. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2013.793281

Table 2.

a Odds ratios of likelihood of emergency department utilization based on demographic and clinical characteristics
Demographic and clinical characteristics Unadjusted Odds Ratio
(95% Confidence Interval)		 p-value Adjusted Odds Ratio
(95% Confidence Interval)		 p-value
Ethnicity (Aboriginal) 1.65 (1.12–1.03) 0.012
Education past high school 0.46 (0.31–0.68) <0.001
Currently unemployed 3.08 (1.74–5.46) <0.001
Provincial Income assistance 2.65 (1.57–4.49) <0.001
Ever diagnosed with a mental health disorder 1.74 (1.17–2.58) 0.007 1.58 (1.02–2.45) 0.039
Current injection drug user 2.74 (1.79–4.18) <0.001 1.54 (0.95–2.51) 0.080
Unstable housing 2.88 (1.94–4.28) <0.001 1.87 (1.20–2.93) 0.006
Hepatitis C 3.67 (2.36–5.73) <0.001 2.47 (1.48–4.12) <0.001
Attacked in past 6 months 2.23 (1.39–3.57) <0.001 1.60 (0.96–2.68) 0.074
Undetectable viral load 0.52 (0.35–0.79) 0.002 0.50 (0.32–0.79) 0.003
CD4<200 (at interview) 2.04 (1.27–3.28) 0.003
Log 10 viral load (at time of interview) 1.47 (1.21–1.79) <0.001
Adherence during the 12 months prior to interview >=95% 0.43 (0.28–0.66) <0.001
b Odds ratios of likelihood of emergency department utilization 3 or more times based on demographic and clinical characteristics
Demographic and clinical characteristics Unadjusted Odds Ratio
(95% Confidence Interval)		 p-value Adjusted Odds Ratio
(95% Confidence Interval)		 p-value
Ethnicity (Aboriginal) 1.18 (0.65–2.14) 0.416
Education past high school 0.77 (0.43–1.38) 0.375
Currently unemployed 4.86 (1.48–15.93) 0.009
Provincial Income Assistance 2.51 (1.04–6.05) 0.040
Ever diagnosed with a mental health disorder 1.39 (0.76–2.55) 0.280
Current injection drug user 2.47 (1.36–4.49) 0.003
Unstable housing 2.86 (1.58–5.19) <0.001 2.03 (1.07–3.83) 0.030
Hepatitis C 3.14 (1.53–6.43) 0.002 2.61 (1.22–5.59) 0.014
Attacked in past 6 months 1.45 (0.72–2.89) 0.143
Undetectable viral load 0.36 (0.20–0.65) <0.001 0.36 (0.19–0.66) <0.001
CD4<200 (at interview) 2.42 (1.26–4.65) 0.008
Log 10 viral load (at time of interview) 1.35 (1.04–1.74) 0.022
Adherence during the 12 months prior to interview >=95% 0.27 (0.14–0.54) <0.001
c Odds ratios of likelihood of having an Acuity score of 4/5 versus 1/2/3 (n=153)
Demographic and clinical characteristics Unadjusted Odds Ratio
(95% Confidence Interval)		 p-value Adjusted Odds Ratio
(95% Confidence Interval)		 p-value
Ethnicity (Aboriginal) 1.84 (0.93–3.68) 0.082
Education past high school 1.14 (0.57–2.25) 0.716
Currently unemployed 0.55 (0.19–1.57) 0.265
Provincial Income assistance 0.40 (0.15–1.04) 0.060 0.31 (0.10–0.93) 0.036
Ever diagnosed with a mental health disorder 1.00 (0.48–2.06) 0.999
Current injection drug user 0.89 (0.44–1.79) 0.735
Unstable housing 2.17 (1.06–4.48) 0.035 2.71 (1.19–6.17) 0.017
Hepatitis C 0.72 (0.32–1.63) 0.435
Attacked in past 6 months 1.36 (0.64–2.90) 0.421
Undetectable viral load 2.20 (1.02–4.72) 0.043 2.06 (0.93–4.56) 0.073
CD4<200 (at interview) 0.69 (0.30–1.55) 0.367
Log 10 viral load (at time of interview) 0.82 (0.59–1.14) 0.241
Adherence during the 12 months prior to interview >=95% 1.01 (1.00–1.03) 0.075
*

Blank cells denote no statistical significance after adjustment