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Table 4 Effect modification of the association between age and sharing of injection drug equipment

From: Age and sharing of needle injection equipment in a cohort of Massachusetts injection drug users: an observational study

Age, yrs (n)

% Share

OR (95% CI)

Age, yrs (n)

% Share

OR (95% CI)

p-value for interaction term

PTSD Symptoms Score ≤50 (n = 213)

PTSD Symptoms Score >50 (n = 270)

 

<25: n = 42

59.5%

4.07 (1.89, 8.77)

<25: n = 59

45.5%

1.29 (0.69, 2.39)

0.09

≥25: n = 171

30.4%

ref

≥25: n = 211

44.6%

ref

No History of Money for Sex (n = 332)

History of Money for Sex (n = 119)

 

<25: n = 74

55.4%

2.67 (1.52, 4.66)

<25: n = 26

42.3%

0.89 (0.34, 2.34)

0.05

≥25: n = 258

34.5%

ref

≥25: n = 93

48.4%

ref

Born in US (n = 427)

Born outside US (n = 57)

 

<25: n = 95

53.7%

2.37 (1.46, 3.86)

<25: n = 51

16.7%

0.15 (0.01, 1.99)

<0.01

≥25: n = 332

34.6%

ref

≥25: n = 6

60.8%

ref

 
  1. N=33 missing information on receipt of money for sex.
  2. Models are adjusted for frequency of cocaine injection, frequency of injection drug use, and (except for model of effect modification by US born) whether US born.
  3. Sharing is defined as any sharing of injection drug equipment in the past 30 days.