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Table 3 Results of multivariate analysis comparing people who never receive a prescription for their morphine to those who receive it regularly or not

From: People who inject oral morphine favor experimentation with injectable opioid substitution

Associated factors

Ajusted OR

95%CI

P (Wald)

Age

 < .01

 < 25 Versus > 45 years

5.2

[1.5–17.9]

 

25–34 Versus > 45 years

1.9

[0.6–6.1]

 

35–45 Versus > 45 years

0.8

[0.2–2.9]

 

Do you inject morphine regularly (several times a week or daily) or occasionally?

 < .01

Occasionally versus regularly

4.1

[1.9–8.8]

 

Do you ever take any of your morphine by oral route?

0.02

No Versus Yes

2.3

[1.2–6.3]