Table 2.

Characteristics of people who self-reported avoidance of syringe service programs among people (n = 304) who have injected drugs.

Covariate	Total		Self-Reported Avoid Syringe Service		Crude Association	Adjusted Association
	N	Column %	n	%	Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)	Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
Total	304	100	36	11.84	NA	NA
Age
18–49	186	61.18	20	10.75	ref	ref
50 +	118	38.82	16	13.56	1.3 (0.64–2.62)	0.71 (0.29–1.68)
Sex
M	204	67.11	28	13.73	ref	ref
F	100	32.89	8	8.00	0.55 (0.22–1.2)	0.5 (0.18–1.24)
Racial/Ethnic Group
Not White	154	50.66	19	12.34	ref	ref
White	150	49.34	17	11.33	0.91 (0.45–1.83)	1.34 (0.58–3.18)
Homeless
No	149	49.01	24	16.11	ref	ref
Yes	155	50.99	12	7.74	0.44 (0.2–0.89)	0.67 (0.28–1.56)
How worried are you about COVID-19?
All others	255	83.88	23	9.02	ref	ref
Highest quartile of worry	49	16.12	13	26.53	3.64 (1.66–7.76)	3.88 (1.51–10.05)
Stocked up on drugs?
No	230	75.66	28	12.17	ref	ref
Yes	74	24.34	8	10.81	0.87 (0.36–1.93)	1.04 (0.4–2.48)
Tested for COVID-19?
Never	160	52.63	18	11.25	ref	ref
Yes, at least once	144	47.37	18	12.50	1.13 (0.56–2.27)	0.72 (0.27–1.78)
How many people interacted with for drugs?
All others	244	80.26	30	12.30	ref	ref
Highest quartile of contacts	60	19.74	6	10.00	0.79 (0.29–1.88)	0.69 (0.22–1.84)
Number of sex partners?
All others	234	76.97	30	12.82	ref	ref
Highest quartile of sex partners	70	23.03	6	8.57	0.64 (0.23–1.5)	0.69 (0.2–2.07)
HIV Status
Negative	196	64.47	20	10.20	ref	ref
Positive	108	35.53	16	14.81	1.53 (0.75–3.09)	1.35 (0.57–3.13)
Inject opioids?
No	150	49.34	17	11.33	ref	ref
Yes	154	50.66	19	12.34	1.1 (0.55–2.23)	0.83 (0.35–1.94)
Location
Vancouver	223	73.36	20	8.97	ref	ref
Baltimore	36	11.84	11	30.56	4.47 (1.88–10.31)	3.59 (1.2–10.88)
Chicago	6	1.97	0	0.00	NA	NA
Los Angeles	39	12.83	5	12.82	1.49 (0.47–3.98)	1.1 (0.2–5.76)
Miami	0	0	0	0.00	NA	NA
Collection Date
< =September 30, 2020	180	59.21	25	13.89	ref	ref
> = Oct 1, 2020	124	40.79	11	8.87	0.6 (0.28–1.25)	0.7 (0.3–1.57)