TABLE 6.

Determinants of “having a psychotic syndrome” among PWID.

	Psychotic syndrome
	HCV positive (n = 161)			HCV negative (n = 105)
	Univariate		Multivariate	Univariate		Multivariate
	OR	p-values	aOR [95%CI]	OR	p-values	aOR [95%CI]
Telomere length (continuous)	0.65 [0.46; 0.92]	0.02	0.59 [0.39; 0.88]	1.45 [0.98; 2.16]	0.06	1.60 [1.01; 2.53]
Socio-demographic data:
Age (continuous)	1.03 [0.98; 1.07]	0.23	0.98 [0.93; 1.04]	1.04 [0.99; 1.09]	0.10	1.10 [1.03; 1.18]
Sex (ref : female)
Male and transgender	0.79 [0.14; 4.48]	0.79	0.39 [0.05; 2.77]	2.17 [0.45; 10.4]	0.30	–
Drug consumption:
Heroin, frequency of consumption per month (ref: less than daily)
Daily	0.75 [0.36; 1.56]	0.45	–	1.35 [0.54; 3.37]	0.52	–
Methamphetamine, frequency of consumption per month (ref: < 4 times per month)
≥4 times per month	2.30 [1.05; 5.03]	0.04	–	0.66 [0.22; 1.99]	0.45	–
Alcohol (ref: no excessive consumption)
Excessive consumption	2.62 [1.22; 5.63]	0.01	2.77 [1.37; 8.81]	1.13 [0.46; 2.75]	0.78	–
Viral infections:
HIV (ref: HIV serology negative)
HIV serology positive	0.55 [0.27; 1.10]	0.09	–	3.18 [1.21; 8.36]	0.02	4.42 [1.20; 16.27]
Treatments:
Methadone (ref: currently receiving methadone)
Not receiving methadone	2.02 [0.98; 4.19]	0.05	1.94 [0.83; 4.50]	1.58 [0.63; 3.94]	0.32	–
ARV (ref: no)
Under ARV	0.51 [0.24; 1.09]	0.07	–	2.23 [0.76; 6.60]	0.15	–

ref, non-syndrome; aOR, adjusted odd ratio; and CI, confidence interval.

Values in bold are statistically significant.