Table 5 |
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Risk factors associated with patient non-compliance and infection-related mortality (multiple logistic regression analysis) of 344 hospitalizations among 216 IVDU* |
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Risk factors for patient's non-compliance |
OR (95% CI) |
p-value |
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Male gender |
1.2 (0.6–2.2) |
0.60 |
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Age (per 10 years older) |
0.8 (0.5–1.2) |
0.26 |
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Alcohol addiction |
0.8 (0.4–1.7) |
0.55 |
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Psychiatric disorders |
2.4 (1.1–5.1) |
0.03† |
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HIV infection |
0.7 (0.3–1.3) |
0.24 |
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Risk factors for infection-related mortality |
OR (95% CI) |
p-value |
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Number of infections |
1.4 (0.7–2.9) |
0.32 |
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Age (per 10 years older) |
2.0 (1.0–3.8) |
0.04† |
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Male gender |
1.0 (0.4–2.6) |
0.93 |
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Number of comorbidities |
1.0 (0.8–1.3) |
0.95 |
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* seen by an ID during a period of 5 years. † Statistical significance (p < 0.05). |
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Mertz et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:42 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-42 |
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