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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Sep 28;156:57–61. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.08.037

Table 2.

Bivariable and multivariable Cox regression analyses of the time to all-cause mortality among 2335 persons who inject drugs (PWID).

Unadjusted
Hazard Ratio (HR)
Adjusted
Hazard Ratio (AHR)


Variable RH (95% CI) p-value ARH (95% CI)a p-value
Enrollment in MMTb,c
  (Yes vs. No) 0.84 (0.70 – 0.99) 0.044 0.73 (0.61 – 0.88) <0.001
Age
  (Per 10 years older) 1.35 (1.23 – 1.49) <0.001 1.29 (1.11 – 1.49) <0.001
HIV infection
  (Yes vs. No) 2.84 (2.38 – 3.39) <0.001 3.03 (2.53 – 3.64) <0.001
≥Daily heroin injectionc
  (Yes vs. No) 0.77 (0.62 – 0.96) 0.022 0.99 (0.78 – 1.24) 0.898

Model was also adjusted for years since first injection at baseline.

a

CI = confidence interval;

b

MMT = methadone maintenance therapy;

c

Behaviours refer to activities in the last six months.