Table 3.
Logistic regression results of sources of syringes, using bleach to clean syringes and risk factors for syringe sharing and reusing syringes 2002–2019 (n = 1737)
| Borrowing | Lending | Reuse syringe | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aOR | 95% CI | p value | aOR | 95%CI | p value | aOR | 95%CI | p value | |
| Access to syringes | |||||||||
| SEP | .4 | (.2, .9) | .022 | .5 | (.2, 1.1) | .073 | .3 | (.2, .6) | < .001 |
| Pharmacy | .5 | (.3, .9) | .037 | .5 | (.3, .9) | .020 | .5 | (.3, .9) | .016 |
| Other means | .91 | (.5, 1.7) | .773 | .8 | (.4, 1.4) | .423 | .5 | (.3, .9) | .025 |
| Street | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Use bleach to clean last needle | 2.0 | (1.3, 3.0) | .002 | 2.0 | (1.3, 3.0) | .002 | 2.4 | (1.6, 3.6) | < .001 |
| No insurance | 1.0 | (.7, 1.6) | .933 | 1.3 | (.8, 1.9) | .249 | 1.2 | (.9, 1.7) | .274 |
| Race | |||||||||
| Black | .9 | (.3, 2.4) | .834 | 1.1 | (.5, 2.4) | .826 | .5 | (.2, 1.1) | .08 |
| Other race | .9 | (.4, 2.1) | .914 | .4 | (.1, .9) | .027 | 1.1 | (.6, 2.0) | .779 |
| White | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Hispanic ethnicity | 1.4 | (.7, 2.6) | .316 | 1.5 | (.8, 2.7) | .184 | 1.3 | (.7, 2.1) | .394 |
| Male sex | .8 | (.5, 1.1) | .147 | .7 | (.5, .9) | .046 | .9 | (.6,1.2) | .341 |
| Age 18–25 | 1.4 | (1.0, 2.0) | .04 | 1.5 | (1.1, 2.1) | .019 | .9 | (.7, 1.1) | .264 |
| Less than high school education | .8 | (.5, 1.3) | .402 | 1.1 | (.7, 1.7) | .612 | .9 | (.6, 1.3) | .545 |
| Poverty | 1.5 | (1.02, 2.3) | .042 | 1.2 | (.8, 1.8) | .376 | 1.2 | (.8, 1.7) | .323 |
| Injection drug use | |||||||||
| Heroin | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Cocaine | .9 | (.6, 1.7) | .958 | 1.3 | (.8, 2.3) | .321 | .7 | (.5, 1.0) | .070 |
| Heroin and cocaine | 1.1 | (.7, 1.8) | .632 | 1.5 | (.9, 2.4) | .072 | 2.3 | (1.6, 3.4) | < .001 |
Bold indicates significance at p < .05
*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001