Suicidal ideation and HIV risk behaviors among a cohort of injecting drug users in New Delhi, India

Table 2 Factors associated with receiving used syringe

	Univariate GEE of factors associated with using of shared syringe		Multivariate logistic GEE of factors associated with using of shared syringe
Characteristic	OR (95% CI)	P-value^a	AOR (95% CI)	P-value^a
Suicidal Ideation	1.11 (1.07-1.15)	<0.001	1.11 (1.07-1.15)	<0.001**
yes versus no	1.11 (1.07-1.15)	<0.001	1.11 (1.07-1.15)	<0.001**
Formal Schooling	1.00 (0.96-1.04)	0.995	1.00 (0.96-1.05)	0.826
yes versus no	1.00 (0.96-1.04)	0.995	1.00 (0.96-1.05)	0.826
Marital Status	1.02 (0.97-1.07)	0.511	1.01 (0.96-1.06)	0.626
married/cohabiting versus others	1.02 (0.97-1.07)	0.511	1.01 (0.96-1.06)	0.626
Occupation	1.01 (0.97-1.06)	0.544	1.02 (0.98-1.07)	0.299
scavenging versus others	1.01 (0.97-1.06)	0.544	1.02 (0.98-1.07)	0.299
Income (in INR)	1.03 (0.99-1.08)	0.139	1.04 (0.99-1.09)	0.086
100 versus more	1.03 (0.99-1.08)	0.139	1.04 (0.99-1.09)	0.086
Age	1.00 (0.99-1.00)	0.747	1.00 (0.99-1.00)	0.867

Note: GEE: Generalized estimating equations, INR: Indian national Rupee, OR: Odds ratio, AOR: Adjusted odds ratio, CI: Confidence interval.
^a tested with wald chi square, 1 degree of freedom.
**significant at 0.01 level.

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