Fig 1.
Selection of study participants from the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) database.
Table 1.
Baseline characteristics among 3,179 criminal justice clients with history of either injecting drug use (PWID) or problematic alcohol use without injecting drug use (non-PWID). Baseline data from Addiction Severity Index interview.
Table 2.
Incidence of bacterial infections.
Incidence of skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI), systemic bacterial infections and fatal bacterial infections during follow-up 2001–2014. N = 3,179. Data retrieved from the National Patient Register and Causes of Death Register. Person-time incidence rates expressed as number of events per 1,000 person-years. Total follow-up time to SSTI: 27,805 person-years (median 9.8 years), to systemic infection: 30,175 person-years (median 10.2 years), and to death 31,196 person-years (median 10.3 years).
Table 3.
Associations with skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI) during follow-up.
Cox regression analysis with non-injection (Model 1) and heroin injection (Model 2) as reference categories. Time measured from baseline interview to SSTI diagnosis. N = 3,169. Number of events = 660.
Table 4.
Associations with systemic bacterial infection during follow-up.
Cox regression analysis with non-injection (Model 1) and heroin injection (Model 2) as reference categories. Time measured from baseline interview to systemic bacterial infection diagnosis (collapsed variable). N = 3,169. Number of events = 230.