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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 8.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2010 Aug 30;113(2-3):172–176. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.07.023

Table 2.

Cox Proportional Hazard analyses of factors associated with time to injection cessation among clients of Vancouver’s supervised injecting facility.

Unadjusted
Adjusted
Characteristic Hazard Ratio (95% CI)a Hazard Ratio (95% CI)
Methadone Treatmente
 Yes vs. No 1.56 (1.03 – 2.36) 1.57 (1.02 – 2.40)
Other Addiction Treatmente
 Yes vs. No 1.79 (1.04 – 3.07) 1.85 (1.06 – 3.24)
Older Age
 per 10 years older 1.07 (0.85 – 1.35) 0.99 (0.95 – 1.02)
Years Injecting
 per additional year 1.01 (0.99 – 1.03) 1.01 (0.98 – 1.04)
Gender
 Female vs. Male 0.67 (0.41 – 1.09) 0.79 (0.44 – 1.42)
Aboriginal Ancestryb
 Yes vs. No 0.83 (0.48 – 1.42) 0.94 (0.54 – 1.64)
HomelessC
 Yes vs. No 0.87 (0.51 – 1.49) 0.96 (0.55 – 1.68)
Sex WorkC
 Yes vs. No 0.65 (0.36 – 1.19) 0.83 (0.40 – 1.73)
Daily Cocaine Injectiond
 Yes vs. No 0.74 (0.48 – 1.16) 0.78 (0.50 – 1.22)
Daily Heroin Injectiond
 Yes vs. No 0.62 (0.41 – 0.95) 0.69 (0.44 – 1.06)
Daily Crack Cocaine Smokingc
 Yes vs. No 0.75 (0.50 – 1.14) 0.90 (0.59 – 1.38)

Note:

a

CI = Confidence Interval;

b

Aboriginal ancestry was defined as a person who self-reported as being Aboriginal, Métis, Inuit or First Nations;

C

Denotes activities or situations referring to previous 6 months;

d

Measured at baseline, referring to 6 months prior to baseline;

e

Represents current engagement.