Table 3.
Associations between perceived health and drinking status among HIV- and HCV-infected individuals who use drugs: Odds ratios (ORs) and Adjusted Odds Ratios (AORs).
| Primary models | Exploratory models | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncontrolled model | Fully controlled model | Age-controlled | Sex-controlled | Race-controlled | Education-controlled | |
| OR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
| Primary samples | ||||||
| HIV patients | 1.24 (0.997, 1.53) | 1.32 (1.05, 1.67)* | 1.25 (1.00, 1.55)* | 1.22 (0.98, 1.51) | 1.33 (1.07, 1.67)* | 1.25 (1.00, 1.55)* |
| HCV patients | 1.12 (0.98, 1.29) | 1.16 (1.00, 1.34)*a | 1.12 (0.97, 1.29) | 1.13 (0.98, 1.30) b | 1.14 (0.99, 1.32) | 1.13 (0.98, 1.30) |
| Sub-analysis | ||||||
| HIV/HCV co-infected patients | 1.26 (0.89, 1.79) | 1.32 (0.90, 1.93) | 1.26 (0.89, 1.79) | 1.28 (0.90, 1.82) b | 1.26 (0.88, 1.82) | 1.31 (0.92, 1.87) |
Note.
Significant at 95% confidence. Due to convergence errors, gender covariate treats transgender as missing.
Perceived health was coded such that 1=Excellent, 2=Good, 3=Fair, and 4=Poor, and drinking status was coded such that 0=Abstainer, 1=Drinker, 2=Risky drinker; therefore, positive adjusted odds ratios indicate that poorer health is associated with more risky drinking.
HIV=Human Immunodeficiency Virus. HCV=Hepatitis C Virus. 95% CI=95% Confidence Interval.
Indicates that the Proportional Odds Assumption was not met when all covariates were included, requiring omission of the gender covariate; however, models with and without gender were consistent in magnitude, direction, and significance.
Presented models do not meet Proportional Odds Assumption.