Research Article
Behavioural Risk for HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C Infections among a Population of Drug Users and Injectors across Four Regions in Ghana
Table 5
Crude and adjusted posterior medians (odds ratios) and their credible intervals for the prevalence of HIV, HCV, and HBV.
| | | Crude HIV | Crude HCV | Crude HBV | Adjusted HIV | Adjusted HCV | Adjusted HBV |
| | Factor | | | | | | |
| | Age group of participants | | | | | | | | 19–29 years | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | | 30–39 years | 0.97 (0.30–2.29) | 0.99(0.35–2.19) | 1.65 (0.37–4.86) | 0.83 (0.25–1.95) | 1.05 (0.36–2.32) | 1.26 (0.28–3.73) | | 40+ years | 0.95 (0.31–2.28) | 1.27(0.47–2.73) | 1.59 (0.36–4.60) | 0.48 (0.18–0.98) | 1.17 (0.40–2.69) | 1.84 (0.37–5.63) |
| | Highest level of education | | | | | | | | Never attended school | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | (1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | | Primary | 1.19 (0.37–2.92) | 1.59(0.53–3.72) | 0.65 (0.71–2.59) | 1.12 (0.46–2.28) | 1.55 (0.51–3.64) | 0.52 (0.79–1.82) | | JHS/middle school | 0.68 (0.20–1.74) | 0.68(0.21–1.58) | 0.67 (0.09–2.46) | 0.41 (0.14–0.97) | 0.69 (0.22–1.62) | 0.30 (0.07–0.84) | | Secondary school or higher | 0.94 (0.29–2.28) | 0.78(0.26–1.91) | 1.21 (0.17–4.42) | 0.67 (0.24–1.53) | 0.79 (0.26–1.86) | 1.52 (0.29–4.83) |
| | Employment status | | | | | | | | Employed full-time | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | | Employed part-time | 1.16 (0.35–2.88) | 1.38(0.49–3.04) | 3.85 (1.39–10.08) | 1.25 (0.40–3.09) | 1.36 (0.49–2.97) | 5.50 (1.20–16.16) | | Unemployed | 1.13 (0.37–2.61) | 0.69(0.25–1.49) | 1.22 (0.27–3.69) | 1.03 (0.36–2.32) | 0.67 (0.24–1.44) | 2.13 (0.47–5.99) |
| | Marital status | | | | | | | | Single, never married | 1.05 (0.34–2.63) | 1.20(0.44–2.73) | 1.11 (0.24–3.53) | 0.82 (0.31–1.84) | 1.09 (0.41–2.37) | 2.38 (0.49–7.66) | | Married | 0.74 (0.19–1.92) | 1.32(0.43–3.18) | 0.97 (0.15–3.30) | 0.53 (0.15–1.27) | 0.82 (0.23–2.05) | 2.10 (0.39–7.07) | | Separated/divorced/Widowed | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| | Currently living with sexual partner | | | | | | | | Yes | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | | No | 0.04 (0.01–0.07) | 1.77(0.71–3.93) | 0.57 (0.17–1.38) | 0.99 (0.36–2.24) | 1.75 (0.67–3.92) | 0.54 (0.14–1.29) |
| | How respondents identify self | | | | | | | | SW | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | | MSM | — | — | — | — | — | — | | General population | 0.38 (0.11–1.02) | — | — | 0.34(0.12–0.81) | — | — |
| | Injecting drugs | | | | | | | | Yes | 0.94(0.25–2.37) | 0.71(0.21–1.68) | 1.77(0.36–4.80) | 1.23(0.33–3.28) | 0.70(0.20–1.73) | 1.47(0.18–5.29) | | No | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| | Age group at start of using drugs | | | | | | | | Less than or equal to 19 years | 0.96 (0.29–2.28) | 0.71(0.24–1.62) | 1.24 (0.22–4.06) | 0.47 (0.17–1.06) | 1.43 (0.53–3.15) | 2.09 (0.41–6.82) | | 20–29 years | 1.36 (0.42–3.37) | 1.07(0.39–2.39) | 1.30 (0.23–4.28) | 0.76 (0.32–1.52) | 1.57 (0.49–3.76) | 1.99 (0.28–7.22) | | 30+ years | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| | Regions | | | | | | | | Greater accra | 1.00 | 3.37(1.26–7.57) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | | Ashanti | 1.35 (0.44–3.14) | — | 0.80 (0.25–1.81) | 2.02 (0.70–4.5) | — | 0.16 (0.01–0.57) | | Western | 0.91 (0.28–2.19) | — | 1.45 (0.49–3.23) | 1.67 (0.56–4.13) | — | 2.02 (0.55–5.13) | | Northern | — | 1.00 | 1.26 (0.18–0.78) | — | — | 0.83 (0.55–5.13) |
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