Table 5.
Association between body weight status and route and frequency of substance administration among AfricanAmerican females
| Overweight | Obesity | Overweight and obesity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Routea | ||||
| Injecting speedball or cocaine (vs. no) | Odds ratio | 0.483 | 1.900 | 0.846 |
| 95% CI | (0.031, 7.536) | (0.206, 17.53) | (0.095, 7.509) | |
| P value | 0.604 | 0.571 | 0.881 | |
| Injecting heroin (vs. no) | Odds ratio | 1.237 | 0.688 | 0.874 |
| 95% CI | (0.097, 15.72) | (0.083, 5.723) | (0.114, 6.716) | |
| P value | 0.870 | 0.729 | 0.897 | |
| Snorting or sniffing cocaine (vs. no) | Odds ratio | 1.845 | 1.966 | 2.018 |
| 95% CI | (0.577, 5.905) | (0.661, 5.850) | (0.779, 5.230) | |
| P value | 0.302 | 0.224 | 0.148 | |
| Snorting or sniffing heroin (vs. no) | Odds ratio | 0.504 | 0.528 | 0.495 |
| 95% CI | (0.198, 1.286) | (0.213, 1.306) | (0.232, 1.056) | |
| P value | 0.152 | 0.167 | 0.069 | |
| Smoking crack or cocaine (vs. no) | Odds ratio | 0.589 | 0.493 | 0.590 |
| 95% CI | (0.265, 1.312) | (0.206, 1.180) | (0.304, 1.146) | |
| P value | 0.195 | 0.112 | 0.119 | |
| Smoking heroin (vs. no) | Odds ratio | 2.373 | NAb | 0.735 |
| 95% CI | (0.218, 25.87) | (0.086, 6.313) | ||
| P value | 0.478 | 0.779 | ||
| Frequencyc | ||||
| Active marijuana use | ||||
| <1/week vs. no | Odds ratio | 0.345 | 0.795 | 0.577 |
| 95% CI | (0.129, 0.920) | (0.328, 1.922) | (0.273, 1.220) | |
| P value | 0.034 | 0.610 | 0.150 | |
| ≥1/week vs. no | Odds ratio | 0.383 | 0.523 | 0.459 |
| 95% CI | (0.159, 0.922) | (0.240, 1.141) | (0.230, 0.916) | |
| P value | 0.032 | 0.103 | 0.027 | |
| Active opiate (other than heroin) use (vs. no) |
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| <1/week vs. no | Odds ratio | 0.886 | 0.503 | 0.613 |
| 95% CI | (0.180, 4.353) | (0.079, 3.201) | (0.174, 2.163) | |
| P value | 0.882 | 0.467 | 0.447 | |
| ≥1/week vs. no | Odds ratio | 0.566 | 2.087 | 1.101 |
| 95% CI | (0.047, 6.847) | (0.298, 14.62) | (0.192, 6.333) | |
| P value | 0.654 | 0.459 | 0.914 | |
| Active speedball or cocaine use (vs. no) | ||||
| <1/day vs. no | Odds ratio | 0.626 | 0.544 | 0.649 |
| 95% CI | (0.284, 1.379) | (0.221, 1.338) | (0.329, 1.279) | |
| P value | 0.245 | 0.185 | 0.212 | |
| ≥1/day vs. no | Odds ratio | 0.660 | 0.347 | 0.490 |
| 95% CI | (0.129, 3.370) | (0.086, 1.400) | (0.145, 1.656) | |
| P value | 0.617 | 0.137 | 0.251 | |
| Active heroin use | ||||
| <1/day vs. no | Odds ratio | 0.525 | 0.588 | 0.518 |
| 95% CI | (0.215, 1.283) | (0.237, 1.460) | (0.242, 1.109) | |
| P value | 0.158 | 0.253 | 0.090 | |
| ≥1/day vs. no | Odds ratio | 0.755 | 0.193 | 0.411 |
| 95% CI | (0.169, 3.385) | (0.033, 1.129) | (0.105, 1.616) | |
| P value | 0.714 | 0.068 | 0.203 | |
| Active other drug use (e.g., stimulants, sleeping pills, buprenorphine) |
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| <1/week vs. no | Odds ratio | 1.691 | 0.824 | 1.195 |
| 95% CI | (0.430, 6.644) | (0.186, 3.640) | (0.343, 4.165) | |
| P value | 0.452 | 0.798 | 0.779 | |
| ≥1/week vs. no | Odds ratio | 1.574 | 3.927 | 3.143 |
| 95% CI | (0.360, 6.873) | (0.605, 25.48) | (0.649, 15.220) | |
| P value | 0.547 | 0.152 | 0.155 | |
| Active alcohol use | ||||
| <2/week vs. no | Odds ratio | 1.205 | 0.612 | 0.785 |
| 95% CI | (0.559, 2.596) | (0.300, 1.250) | (0.415, 1.484) | |
| P value | 0.634 | 0.178 | 0.456 | |
| ≥2/week vs. no | Odds ratio | 1.449 | 0.989 | 1.086 |
| 95% CI | (0.619, 3.392) | (0.447, 2.191) | (0.529, 2.232) | |
| P value | 0.393 | 0.979 | 0.822 |
a
Logistic regression models were adjusted for age, unemployment, income, marital status, current pregnancy, depression, HIV infection, current smoking, active alcohol use, active marijuana use, active opiate use, active other drug use, and different cocaine/heroin routes other than the route of interest.
b
None of heroin smokers were obese.
c
Logistic regression models were adjusted for age, unemployment, income, marital status, current pregnancy, depression, HIV infection, current smoking, active alcohol use, and different types of drug use other than the drug of interest.