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Table 5 Factors associated with comedication among the total population in the MMTP (178 patients)

From: Survey of methadone-drug interactions among patients of methadone maintenance treatment program in Taiwan

Characteristic

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

P-value

Age

1.02 (0.95 ~ 1.09)

0.61

Sex

  

   Female

1.00

-

   Male

0.63 (0.13 ~ 2.61)

0.54

Education

  

   Less than high school

1.00

-

   High school or above

2.42 (1.00 ~ 6.25)

0.06

Marital status

  

   Married or living with partner

1.00

-

   Never married

0.23 (0.06 ~ 0.72)

0.02*

   Divorced/widowed

0.24 (0.06 ~ 0.89)

0.03*

Employment

  

   Employed

1.00

-

   Other

1.06 (0.41 ~ 2.66)

0.91

Drug use in the past

  

   Amphetamine

2.68 (1.15 ~ 6.53)

0.03*

   MDMA

0.19 (0.01 ~ 2.85)

0.26

   Ketamine

4.84 (0.42 ~ 132.23)

0.25

Other use substances

  

   Cigarettes

1.43 (0.46 ~ 4.32)

0.53

   Alcohol

1.01 (0.42 ~ 2.45)

0.98

   Betel quid

1.44 (0.50 ~ 4.36)

0.50

HBV coinfection

3.08 (1.03 ~ 10.77)

0.05

HCV coinfection

6.68 (1.56 ~ 31.06)

0.01*

MMTP participation period

1.08 (1.04 ~ 1.12)

< 0.0001**

  1. Logistic regression with all the other predictors entered into the model
  2. OR = odds ratio
  3. *: < 0.05; **: < 0.0001