Prevalence of and risk factors for HBV and HCV among incarcerated people who inject drugs in Iran: A cross sectional study

Table 2 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors associated with the prevalence of HCV among incarcerated PWID

Variables	OR (95% CI)	P-value	AOR (95% CI)	P-value
Age (Year)
< 30	1		1
≥ 30	2.42 (1.33–4.39)	0.005	3.50 (1.75–6.99)	0.001
Marital Status
Married	1		1
Divorced/ widowed	1.16 (0.71–1.90)	0.532	1.30 (0.65–2.58)	0.440
Single	1.47 (1.04–2.07)	0.029	1.72 (1.13–2.62)	0.012
Level of education
University education	1		1
Junior high school – Diploma	3.19 (1.50–6.77)	0.004	3.53 (1.51–8.26)	0.005
Illiterate – primary	3.18 (1.49–6.81)	0.004	3.42 (1.50–7.81)	0.005
Prison term in the lifetime (year) ^a
≤ 5	1		1
> 5	1.94 (1.48–2.55)	< 0.001	1.65 (1.27–2.14)	< 0.001
History of tattooing in the lifetime
No	1		1
Yes	1.34 (1.07–1.69)	0.014	0.94 (0.68–1.32)	0.730
History of piercing in the lifetime
No	1		1
Yes	1.45 (1.13–1.87)	0.005	1.53 (1.15–2.04)	0.005
History of extramarital sex in the lifetime
No	1		1
Yes	1.59 (0.96–2.63)	0.071	1.61 (1.03–2.50)	0.036
History of STD^b in the last year
No	1		1
Yes	1.38 (0.84–2.25)	0.194	1.81 (0.93–3.52)	0.079

^a The variables of the number of incarceration (OR:1.39, CI_95%: 1.20–1.62) and the prison term (OR:1.94, CI_95%: 1.48–2.55) had a correlation with each other. The variable of the prison term was entered into multivariate logistic regression model because of its higher significant OR
^b Sexually transmitted diseases

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