Distribution of Hepatitis C Risk Factors and HCV Treatment Outcomes among Central Canadian Aboriginal

Table 3

Age adjusted and mutually adjusted associations between clustering of four or more HCV risk factors and Aboriginal status, characteristics of HCV infection, and markers of socioeconomic status.

Variable	Age adjusted			Mutually adjusted
	Odds ratio	95% CI	value	Odds ratio	95% CI	value
Aboriginal	2.19	(1.22; 3.91)	0.008	2.36	(1.22; 4.59)	0.011
Male	2.12	(1.73; 2.60)	0.000	1.99	(1.59; 2.51)	0.000
Genotype 1	1.39	(1.14; 1.70)	0.001	1.36	(1.09; 1.70)	0.007
Transfusions	0.57	(0.46; 0.71)	0.000	0.53	(0.41; 0.69)	0.000
High social deprivation	1.66	(1.37; 2.01)	0.000	1.47	(1.17; 1.86)	0.001
High material deprivation	1.41	(1.13; 1.78)	0.003	1.34	(1.01; 1.77)	0.041
Resident of low income neighborhood	1.31	(1.08; 1.58)	0.006	1.04	(0.79; 1.37)	0.763
Poor housing suitability	1.20	(0.99; 1.46)	0.062	1.09	(0.87; 1.37)	0.463