Table 3.
Characteristics associated with illicit drug use in the study population (N = 438).
Variablea | OR | 95% CI | p |
---|---|---|---|
Age in years | 0.96 | 0.94–0.98 | <0.001 |
Gender (Ref: male) | |||
Female | 0.27 | 0.14–0.53 | <0.001 |
HIV transmission (Ref: sexual contact) | |||
IV drug use | 1.72 | 0.65–4.55 | 0.271 |
Blood transfusion | 0.58 | 0.09–3.50 | 0.548 |
Not clear | 0.45 | 0.24–0.84 | 0.013 |
Place of residence (Ref: city with more than a million residents) | |||
Community up to 5000 residents | 0.42 | 0.20–0.87 | 0.020 |
Town up to a 100000 residents | 0.48 | 0.21–1.09 | 0.081 |
Large town up to a million residents | 0.96 | 0.41–2.24 | 0.929 |
aVariables with the cut-off point of p < 0.2 in the univariate analysis were included in the model. During stepwise backwards elimination only those with the significance level of p < 0.05 were retained in the final model. Variables included in the first step were: age, sex, sexual orientation, relationship status, place of residence, mode of HIV transmission, time passed since HIV diagnosis, duration of HAART.