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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Drug Policy. 2017 Mar 21;42:63–70. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.02.009

TABLE 2.

BIVARIABLE AND MULTIVARIABLE GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATION MODELS OF FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH RECENT ENGAGEMENT ON ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY (N = 874, LEFT), AND RECENT UNDETECTABLE PLASMA VIRAL LOAD (N = 788, RIGHT) BETWEEN DECEMBER 2005 AND JUNE 2015 AMONG HIV-POSITIVE PEOPLE WHO USE ILLICIT DRUGS IN VANCOUVER, CANADA

Characteristic Odds Ratio (95% CI§)
Model Series 1 Model Series 2
ART Engagement Non-detectable VL
Unadjusted Adjusted Unadjusted Adjusted
Cannabis Use£
< Daily 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
≥ Daily 0.94 (0.78 – 1.12) 1.02 (0.77 – 1.36) 1.05 (0.89 – 1.24) 0.96 (0.75 – 1.21)
Age
Per year older 1.17 (1.14 – 1.19)** 1.08 (1.06 – 1.10)** 1.09 (1.07 – 1.11)** 1.04 (1.03 – 1.06)**
Gender
Male 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Female 0.65 (0.51 – 0.83)* 0.73 (0.54 – 1.00) 0.75 (0.62 – 0.92)* 0.78 (0.62 – 0.99)*
Ethnicity
Non-Caucasian 1.00 - 1.00 -
Caucasian 1.11 (0.87 – 1.41) - 1.17 (0.97 – 1.41) -
Unstable housing£
No 1.00 1.00 1.00 -
Yes 0.81 (0.70 – 0.94)* 0.94 (0.73 – 1.20) 0.82 (0.72 – 0.93)* -
Employment£
No 1.00 - 1.00 -
Yes 1.02 (0.87 – 1.20) - 1.06 (0.93 – 1.22) -
Alternative income generation£
No 1.00 1.00 1.00 -
Yes 0.58 (0.51 – 0.66)** 0.82 (0.64 – 1.04) 0.68 (0.60 – 0.78)** -
Incarcerated£
No 1.00 1.00 1.00 -
Yes 0.48 (0.39 – 0.60)** 0.66 (0.50 – 0.88)* 0.62 (0.50 – 0.76)** -
Addiction treatment£
No 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Yes 1.98 (1.67 – 2.35)** 2.28 (1.79 – 2.90)** 1.38 (1.21 – 1.58)** 1.66 (1.36 – 2.03)**
Injection drug use£
No 1.00 1.00 1.00 -
Yes 0.61 (0.52 – 0.73)** 0.71 (0.55 – 0.92)* 0.64 (0.55 – 0.74)** -
Binge drug use£
No 1.00 - 1.00 1.00
Yes 0.81 (0.73 – 0.90)** - 0.79 (0.71 – 0.87)** 0.79 (0.69 – 0.91)*
Binge alcohol use£
No 1.00 1.00 1.00 -
Yes 0.88 (0.77 – 0.99)* 1.01 (0.81 – 1.27) 0.93 (0.82 – 1.04) -
CD4 cell count£
Per 100 cells/mL plasma increase 1.19 (1.11 – 1.26)** - 1.48 (1.40 – 1.57)** 1.34 (1.27 – 1.42)**
§

95% CI = 95% Confidence Interval

£

In the previous six months

*

p<0.05

**

p<0.001