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Table 2 Adjusted modified (robust) Poisson regression models for history of HCV infection, PTSD, and any mental health problems

From: Association of co-occurring mental health problems with hepatitis C status among young people who inject drugs in rural New Mexico, 2016–2018

Variables

HCV infection

PTSD

Any mental health problems

Relative Risk

P-value

Relative Risk

P-value

Relative Risk

P-value

Sex at birth

 Male

  

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Female

  

1.62 (1.21, 2.17)

 < 0.01

1.43 (1.18, 1.73)

 < 0.01

Age category

  >  = 25 years

1.34 (1.08, 1.66)

 < 0.01

    

  < 25 years

Ref

     

Duration of IDU

1.35 (1.10, 1.66)

 < 0.01

    

Duration of IDU quadratic

0.97 (0.94, 0.99)

0.02

    

Duration of IDU cubic

1.00 (1.00, 1.00)

0.02

    

Age first injected

 

0.76 (0.64, 0.89)

 < 0.01

0.83 (0.73, 0.95)

 < 0.01

Age first injected quadratic

 

1.01 (1.00, 1.01)

 < 0.01

1.00 (1.00, 1.01)

0.02

Receptive syringe sharing

 Yes

1.33 (1.11, 1.61)

 < 0.01

0.80 (0.60, 1.06)

0.12

1.04 (0.85, 1.27)

0.74

 No

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

Hispanic/Latino (a)

 Yes

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

 No

 

1.33 (0.95, 1.85)

0.10

1.25 (1.01, 1.54)

0.04

Marital Status

 Single/Never Married

Ref

     

 Not Single

1.11 (0.92, 1.34)

0.26

    

Insurance/Medicaid

 On Medicaid

 

Ref

   

 On non-Medicaid Insurance

 

1.47 (1.06, 2.03)

0.02

  

 Not on insurance

 

0.67 (0.31, 1.46)

0.32

  

Commercial sex work in last 3 months

 Yes

1.65 (1.30, 2.10)

 < 0.01

    

 No

Ref

     

History of HCV infection

 Yes

 

1.42 (1.03, 1.96)

0.03

1.16 (0.93, 1.45)

0.18

 No

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

Education

 Less than high school

   

1.22 (0.99, 1.50)

0.07

 High school/GED and above

   

Ref

 
  1. Any variables that were hypothesized to be associated with the dependent variable, in addition to any variables with p < 0.10 significance, were included in the modified robust Poisson simple regression model. A blank space indicates that the variable was not used in the regression model for that dependent variable
  2. GED General educational development. HCV Hepatitis C Virus. IDU Injection drug use. PTSD Post-Traumatic stress disorder