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Table 2 Predictive factors of bacteraemia in hospitalised people who inject drugs

From: Prevalence and recurrence of bacteraemia in hospitalised people who inject drugs – a single Centre retrospective cohort study in Denmark

Predictors

Total n = 257 (%)

Bacteraemia n = 58 (%)

Non-bacteraemia n = 199 (%)

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis P < 0.3

ORA (95% CIB)

P value

Adjusted ORA (95% CIB)

P value

Age (years)

39 (34–45)

40 (34–45)

39 (33–44)

1.02 (0.99–1.05)

0.27

3.46 (1.30–9.23)

0.21

HBV (acute or chronic)

11 (4.3)

4 (6.9)

7 (3.5)

2.03 (0.57–7.20)

0.27

1.42 (0.34–5.95)

0.63

HCV (acute or chronic)

103 (40.1)

17 (29.3)

85 (42.7)

0.56 (0.30–1.05)

0.07

0.57 (0.30–1.08)

0.08

HIV positive

127 (49.4)

25 (43.1)

102 (51.3)

0.72 (0.40–1.30)

0.30

0.72 (0.39–1.32)

0.29

Psychiatric comorbidity

53 (20.6)

5 (8.6)

48 (24.1)

0.30 (0.11–0.76)

0.01

0.29 (0.11–0.77)

0.01

Opioid substitution treatment

210 (81.7)

52 (89.7)

158 (79.4)

2.25 (0.90–5.60)

0.84

  

Homeless

74 (28.8)

14 (24.1)

60 (30.2)

0.74 (0.38–1.45)

0.41

  

Contact to an addiction treatment center

169 (65.8)

40 (69.0)

129 (64.8)

1.21 (0.64–2.26)

0.64

  
  1. AOdds Ratio (OR); BConfidential Interval (CI). P < 0.05 in bold
  2. If not stated otherwise, results are presented as n (%)
  3. Abbreviations: PWID people who inject drugs, HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HBV hepatitis B, HCV hepatitis C