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Table 2 Factors associated with receiving an HCV test during the past year (N = 520)

From: Barriers and facilitators of hepatitis C screening among people who inject drugs: a multi-city, mixed-methods study

 

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Age <30 years

1.2 (0.8 – 1.8)

 

Female gender

1.2 (0.8 – 1.9)

 

Completed college or technical school

1.9 (1.5 – 2.5)

1.9 (1.4 – 2.5)

Currently employed*

1.3 (0.9 – 2.0)

 

Has health insurance

1.6 (1.1 – 2.4)

 

Has a primary care provider

1.9 (1.2 – 2.8)

2.0 (1.3 – 3.0)

Urban residence**

1.6 (1.1 – 2.4)

 

Milwaukee zip code

2.0 (1.3 – 2.9)

2.3 (1.5 – 3.5)

History of opioid overdose

1.6 (1.0 – 2.5)

1.8 (1.1 – 2.8)

Injecting for 2 or more years

1.5 (1.0 – 2.4)

 

Injecting daily during past 6 months***

1.4 (0.9 – 2.1)

 

Sharing works in past 6 months±

1.1 (0.7 – 1.6)

 
  1. *Employed full- or part-time as compared with unemployed.
  2. **Compared to a collapsed single group of rural and suburban.
  3. ***Compared to a collapsed single group of people who injected less than daily (i.e. combined once a week and 2–6 times a week.
  4. ±Sharing works was defined as any report of using a syringe, cooker/container, or cotton filter after another person had already used it.