Table 5.

Regression analysis of risky injection drug use behavior compared to non-risky injection drug use

	Risky IDU as outcome
	OR	95 % CI	p value
Ever tortured by police	1.27	0.60–2.67	0.531
Age, 25 and younger (ref: older than 25)	1.80	0.30–10.89	0.521
Ethnicity, Malay (ref: non-Malay)	4.23	0.26–67.56	0.308
Marital Status, Married (ref: single)	1.03	0.44–2.41	0.951
Education, Some secondary or lower (ref: completed secondary or higher)	0.69	0.31–1.55	0.371
Employment role/job, Deckhand (ref: Captain)	0.20†	0.3–1.34	0.097
Vessel type a, Traditional (ref: Commercial)	1.06	0.47–2.38	0.897
Depression (BSI, cutoff score 63)	3.45*	1.23–9.66	0.018
At or below poverty line (ref: above poverty line)	0.50†	0.23–1.07	0.075
Borrowed money in past 3 months (ref: not borrowed)	1.99†	0.89–4.47	0.095
Enough money to buy food in past 3 months (ref: not enough)	1.2	0.52–2.78	0.667
Needed or wanted place to stay past 3 months, but did not (ref: had consistent place to stay)	1.54	0.57–4.15	0.398
Ever been arrested	2.71	0.66–11.15	0.167

** p < .01; * p < .05; † p < 0.1