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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Addict Med. 2017 Nov-Dec;11(6):461–467. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000346

Table 2.

Unadjusted and Adjusted Odds Ratios Estimating the Associations of Background Characteristics with Self-Reported SSTI (N = 143).

Unadjusted Adjusted
OR (95% CI) z (p = ) OR (95% CI) z (p = )
Years Age 0.99 (0.96; 1.03) −0.30 (.763) 1.03 (0.97; 1.08) 0.89 (.374)
Female 0.80 (0.40; 1.62) −0.61 (.539) 0.77 (0.29; 2.05) −0.52 (.606)
Non-Latino Caucasian 1.29 (0.64; 2.58) 0.72 (.473) 0.97 (0.39; 2.41) −0.06 (.953)
Education (HS+) 2.43 (1.20; 4.90) 2.47 (.014) 4.81 (1.89; 12.3) 3.29 (.001)
Homelessness (Past 90 Days) 0.78 (0.39; 1.56) −0.72 (.474) 0.52 (0.22; 1.27) −1.43 (.153)
HIV+ 0.74 (0.29; 1.88) −0.63 (.526) 0.87 (0.22; 1.27) −0.19 (.847)
AUDIT-C Positive 0.72 (0.36; 1.47) −0.89 (.371) 0.47 (0.19; 1.17) −1.62 (.104)
Cocaine Use (Past 90 Days) 1.77 (0.83; 3.78) 1.47 (.143) 1.39 (0.50; 3.91) 0.63 (.529)
Opiate Dependence Severitya 0.98 (0.69; 1.38) −0.13 (.898) 0.87 (0.56; 1.37) −0.59 (.556)
Age Initiated Drug Injection 0.99 (0.96; 1.03) −0.32 (.747) 1.00 (0.95; 1.05) 0.02 (.985)
Total # Injections (Past 90 Days)b 2.46 (1.62; 3.73) 4.25 (<.001) 2.21 (1.35; 3.62) 3.15 (.002)
BIRSI 1.71 (1.26; 2.31) 3.49 (<.001) 1.87 (1.22; 2.85) 2.88 (.004)
a

Standardized to 0 mean and unit variance. The associated coefficients give the expected change in the odds of SSTI for a 1 SD increase opiate dependence severity.

b

Log transformed.