Table 3 Health and social functioning among men and women

Physical health symptoms

 MAP physical symptoms score; mean (SD)

15.8 (7.7)

14.5 (7.8)

17.4 (7.3)

3.18

1.83, 4.53

<0.001

 HIV+ status; n (%)

4 (0.8)

4 (1.5)

0 (0)

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 HCV+ status; n (%)

122 (24.7)

73 (27.4)

49 (21.7)

0.88

0.57, 1.38

0.815

 Presence of chronic pain; n (%)

173 (35.0)

94 (35.3)

78 (34.5)

1.31

0.87, 1.97

0.368

Mental health symptoms

 MAP psychological symptoms score; mean (SD)

13.3 (8.8)

12.0 (8.4)

14.7 (9.1)

2.77

1.20, 4.34

0.007

 Family psychiatric history; n (%)

350 (70.9)

167 (62.8)

182 (80.5)

2.36

1.53, 3.62

<0.001

Health risk behavior in the prior month

 Injected drugs; n (%)

53 (10.8)

34 (12.8)

19 (8.4)

0.56

0.30, 1.02

0.146

 Unprotected sex; n (%)

212 (42.9)

117 (44.0)

95 (42.0)

0.80

0.55, 1.18

0.426

Employment

 Currently employed; n (%)

175 (35.6)

114 (42.9)

61 (27.1)

0.46

0.31, 0.68

<0.001

 Paid work in the past month, days; median (Q ₁, Q ₃)

0 (0, 16)

8 (0, 20)

0 (0, 4)

−0.04

−0.21, 0.13

0.825

 Unemployed in the past month, days; median (Q ₁, Q ₃)

30 (0, 30)

30 (0, 30)

30 (0, 30)

0.02

−0.04, 0.07

0.828

Criminal activity

 Committed crime; n (%)

26 (5.3)

18 (6.8)

8 (3.5)

−0.04

−0.08, 0.00

0.148

Interpersonal relations

 Married/common-law; n (%)

156 (31.8)

85 (32.1)

70 (31.2)

0.94

0.63, 1.39

0.855

 Have children; n (%)

309 (62.9)

144 (54.1)

164 (73.2)

2.88

1.90, 4.36

<0.001

Conflict with partner in the past month, percent; median (Q ₁, Q ₃)

0 (0, 7)

0 (0, 3)

0 (0, 10)

0.11

−0.29, 0.50

0.078

 Conflict with family in the past month, percent; median (Q ₁, Q ₃)

0 (0, 7)

0 (0, 3)

0 (0, 13)

0.42

0.05, 0.80

0.800