Table 1 |
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Characteristics of Thai injection drug users stratified by reporting an increase in police presence in the last six months (n = 252) |
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Reported an increase in police presence |
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Characteristic |
Yes (n = 137) |
No (n = 115) |
Odds Ratio (95% CI)* |
P value |
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Injection heroin use |
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<Daily |
88 (64%) |
67 (58%) |
1.29 (0.77 – 2.14) |
0.332 |
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≥Daily |
49 (36%) |
48 (42%) |
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Yaba/Ice use |
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<Daily |
107 (78%) |
81 (70%) |
1.50 (0.85 – 2.65) |
0.165 |
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≥Daily |
30 (22%) |
34 (30%) |
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Midazolam use |
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<Daily |
97 (71%) |
80 (70%) |
1.06 (0.62 – 1.82) |
0.831 |
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≥Daily |
40 (29%) |
35 (30%) |
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Illicit methadone use |
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<Daily |
48 (35%) |
36 (31%) |
1.18 (0.70 – 2.01) |
0.531 |
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≥Daily |
89 (65%) |
79 (69%) |
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Binge drug use |
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<Daily |
59 (43%) |
40 (35%) |
1.42 (0.85 – 2.37) |
0.181 |
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≥Daily |
78 (57%) |
75 (65%) |
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Involvement in the sex trade |
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No |
17 (12%) |
14 (12%) |
1.02 (0.48 – 2.18) |
0.955 |
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Yes |
120 (88%) |
101 (18%) |
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Involvement in drug treatment |
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No |
67 (49%) |
49 (43%) |
1.29 (0.78 – 2.12) |
0.318 |
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Yes |
70 (51%) |
66 (57%) |
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Note: Methadone use refers only to non-prescription (i.e., illicit) use *CI = Confidence Interval |
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Werb et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2009 4:16 doi:10.1186/1747-597X-4-16 |
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