Table 1:
Socio-demographic characteristics stratified by methadone program participation
| Total N=679 |
On Methadone n=163 |
Not on Methadone n=516 |
ap-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socio-demographics | ||||
| Age years (Median, IQR) | 37 (32-42) | 36 (31-41) | 37 (32-42) | 0.158b |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 355 (52%) | 102 (63%) | 253 (49%) | 0.003 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 244 (36%) | 52 (32%) | 192 (37%) | 0.033 |
| Married | 170 (25%) | 54 (33%) | 116 (22%) | |
| Partnered | 37 (5%) | 12 (7%) | 25 (5%) | |
| Divorced/separated | 159 (23%) | 30 (18%) | 129 (25%) | |
| Widowed | 69 (10%) | 15 (9%) | 54 (10%) | |
| Living condition | ||||
| Person/friends/relatives/hotel/rental | 603 (89%) | 151 (93%) | 452 (88%) | 0.075 |
| Improvised shelter/open | 76 (11%) | 12 (7%) | 64 (12%) | |
| Region | ||||
| Coast | 288 (42%) | 110 (67%) | 178 (35%) | <0.001 |
| Nairobi | 391 (58%) | 53 (33%) | 338 (65%) | |
| Number of sexual partners in the last 3 months | ||||
| 0 | 326 (48%) | 59 (36%) | 267 (52%) | 0.003 |
| 1 | 169 (25%) | 49 (30%) | 120 (23%) | |
| 2-5 | 103 (15%) | 35 (21%) | 68 (13%) | |
| >5 | 81 (12%) | 20 (12%) | 61 (12%) | |
| Years of HIV infection (Median (IQR)) | 5 (2-10) | 6 (2-10) | 5 (2-10) | 0.045 b |
| Years injecting (Median (IQR)) | 4 (2-9) | 5 (3-10) | 4 (2-8) | <0.001 b |
| Type of drug used in the past month | ||||
| Heroin | 608 (89%) | 128 (78%) | 480 (93%) | <0.001 |
| Methamphetamine/Speed | 54 (8%) | 16 (10%) | 38 (7%) | 0.313 |
| Cocaine | 42 (6%) | 4 (2%) | 38 (7%) | 0.023 |
| Marijuana | 347 (51%) | 97 (59%) | 250 (48%) | 0.014 |
| Alcohol use | ||||
| Yes | 216 (32%) | 38 (23%) | 178 (35%) | 0.008 |
| Number of times injected drugs in the past month (Median (IQR)) | 60 (12-90) | 30 (0-90) | 60 (30-90) | 0.048 b |
| ART use | ||||
| Yes | 606 (89%) | 157 (96%) | 449 (87%) | 0.001 |
Abbreviations: IQR, Interquartile range
a
Pearson’s chi square test used to test association between each row variable and methadone participation
b
Mann Whitney U Test (Wilcoxon rank sum test) for difference of medians between those on methadone and those not on methadone.