Table 2.

Bivariate and multivariate correlates of injection risk behavior and agreement to the statement of asking to share tools (i.e., police activity risk perception) in the context of heightened police activity in the neighborhood among people who recently injected in Baltimore, MD (n=341)

		Shared syringes or tools	Never shared syringes or tools
	Total n (%)	n (%) 113 (33)	n (%) 228 (67)	PR (95% CI)	aPR* (95% CI)
Risk intentions in police context
When there is a lot of police activity in the neighborhood, I am MORE LIKELY to ask others to share their tools with me
Agree	31 (9)	24 (21)	7 (3)	2.70 (2.1, 3.5)	2.43 (1.8, 3.3)
Did not agree	310 (91)	89 (79)	221 (97)	ref	ref
Frequency of heroin injection
> daily		-	-	-	1.4 (0.9, 2.3)
1–4 times per week		-	-	-	1.87 (1.1, 3.2)
Less than weekly		-	-	-	ref
Stopped by police <6 months		-	-	-	1.26 (0.9, 1.8)

^*adjusted prevalence ratio for age, race, gender, heroin injection frequency and a reported recent stop by the police

Boldface indicates statistically significant results determined by a 95% confidence interval