Table 1. Association between cohort and registry characteristics and risk of missed record links.
IRR (95%CI) | ||
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HIV Status | HIV-ve | 1 |
HIV+ve | 4.03 (3.26-4.99) | |
Age, years | >55 | 1 |
40-55 | 0.87 (0.77-0.99) | |
<40 | 1.18 (0.99-1.41) | |
Year of admission | <2006 | 1 |
>2006 | 2.19 (2.01-2.39) | |
Year of cohort entry | > 2002 | 1 |
<2002 | 1.77 (1.43-2.19) | |
Death record | No | 1 |
Yes | 13.09 (8.04-21.30) | |
Ethnicity | Other | 1 |
Anglo-Australian/Anglo-Celtic | 1.49 (1.15-1.93) | |
Country of Birth | Other | 1 |
Australia | 1.46 (1.16-1.84) | |
Education | University or Postgraduate | 1 |
Tertiary education | 1.83 (1.40-2.39) | |
Completed high school | 1.33 (0.99-1.79) | |
10 years of high-school or less | 3.16 (2.33-4.28) | |
Employment | Employed | 1 |
Unemployed | 3.99 (3.07-5.20) | |
Income per week, $AUD | >1500 | 1 |
1000-1499 | 0.36 (0.28-0.46) | |
500-999 | 0.39 (0.29-0.52) | |
<500 | 0.36 (0.27-0.49) | |
Residential postcode area | Inner Regional | 1 |
Major City | 0.86 (0.45-1.64) | |
Outer Regional | 1.50 (0.19-11.71) | |
Prior experience of discrimination | No | 1 |
Yes | 3.98 (2.87-5.51) | |
Kessler 6 Scale (Psychological Distress) | Low | 1 |
Moderate | 1.62 (1.23-2.13) | |
High | 3.60 (2.76-4.70) | |
Daily Smoker | No | |
Yes | 1.44 (1.15-1.79) | |
Injecting drug use | No | 1 |
Yes | 1.17 (0.78-1.75) | |
Hepatitis C Positive (self-report) | No | 1 |
Yes | 1.25 (0.82-1.91) |
Abbreviations: IRR- Incidence rate ratio; 95% CI- 95% confidence intervals;