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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 Feb 1;80(2):127–134. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001889

TABLE 3.

Association Between Opioid Misuse and Factors That Influence Risk of HIV Transmission Among Adults Receiving HIV Medical Care MMP, 2009–2014 (N = 28,162)

Misused Opioids (n = 975)
Did Not Misuse Opioids (n = 27,187)
n* % (95% CI) n* % (95% CI) P for Rao-Scott χ2 Test
Condomless sex with partner of negative or unknown HIV status while not durably virally suppressed
 Yes 100 11.7 (9.2 to 14.1) 900 3.4 (3.1 to 3.6) <0.0001
Distributive syringe sharing§
 Yes 37 16.6 (10.8 to 22.4) 31 9.3 (5.4 to 13.2) 0.0245
Distributive sharing of other injection equipment (eg, cookers, cotton, or rinse water)§
 Yes 54 21.2 (14.0 to 28.3) 22 6.6 (3.6 to 9.6) <0.0001
Division of shared drugs with a syringe§
 Yes 75 30.9 (23.3 to 38.5) 77 18.9 (14.6 to 23.3) 0.0037
Received HIV or STD prevention counseling by an outreach worker, counselor, or prevention program worker
 Yes 405 38.3 (33.5 to 43.1) 8829 31.6 (29.1 to 34.0) 0.0002
Received HIV or STD prevention counseling by a health care provider
 Yes 522 50.7 (46.7 to 54.6) 13,028 47.0 (44.3 to 49.7) 0.0578
*

Numbers are unweighted.

Percentages and corresponding CIs are weighted percentages.

All viral load measurements documented undetectable or <200 copies/mL during the past 12 months.

§

Among respondents who injected opioids vs those who injected other drugs.

Respondent gave their used needle to someone else for use.