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Table 2 Adjusted odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals for correlates of smoking opioids

From: Examining prevalence and correlates of smoking opioids in British Columbia: opioids are more often smoked than injected

Variable

Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR)

95% Confidence Interval (CI)

p - value

Urban/Rural

 Medium/Large Urban

1.00

Reference

Reference

 Small Urban/Rural

2.41

1.27–4.58

0.01*

Gender identity

 Man

1.00

Reference

Reference

 Woman

1.84

1.03–3.30

0.04*

 Transgender and Gender expansive

1.29

0.21–8.01

0.78

 Unknown

0.33

0.02–5.43

0.44

Age

 Under 30

5.41

2.19–13.40

< 0.01*

 30–39

2.77

1.33–5.78

0.01*

 40–49

1.51

0.71–3.21

0.29

 50 and over

1.00

Reference

Reference

 Unknown

0.53

0.08–3.39

0.5

Employed

 Yes

1.00

Reference

Reference

 No

1.05

0.55–2.02

0.89

 Unknown

16.49

1.18–230.45

0.04

Witnessed an opioid overdose

 No

1.00

Reference

Reference

 Yes

1.42

0.77–2.60

0.26

 Unknown

0.86

0.33–2.29

0.77

Using drugs alone

 No

1.00

Reference

Reference

 Yes

2.98

1.30–6.83

0.01*

 Unknown

0.57

0.12–2.68

0.48

Used OAT

 No

1.00

Reference

Reference

 Yes

1.75

0.97–3.15

0.06

Own take-home naloxone

 No

1.00

Reference

Reference

 Yes

2.01

1.08–3.72

0.03*

 Unknown

1.30

0.32–5.26

0.71

Methamphetamines

 No

1.00

Reference

Reference

 Yes

6.48

3.51–11.96

< 0.01*