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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Apr 1;53(4):485–490. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181c997b1

Table 2.

Pre-incarceration HIV risk behavior of the study population by arm: standard HIV testing or rapid HIV testing

Standard arm
(n=132)
Rapid arm
(n=132)
Total
(N=264)
p value g
1. Pre-incarceration alcohol use
Alcohol use within
prior 3 months
heavy drinking a 48 36% 55 42% 39% .45
2. Pre-incarceration drug use
Drug use within prior
3 months
Cocaine 52 40% b 48 36% 38%d .61
Heroin 12 9% b 15 11% 10% d .69
Methamphetamines 2 2% b 1 1% 1% d .62
Marijuana 77 59% b 84 64% 61% d .45
prescription meds 38 29% b 36 27% 28% d .79
other street drugs 17 13% b 12 9% 11% d .33
Injection drug use Ever 27 21% b 22 17% 19% d .43
prior 3 months 10 8% b 12 9% 8% d .82
3. Pre-incarceration sexual history
Sexual history within
prior 3 months
sex within prior 3 months 114 88% b 119 92% c 90% d .14
>= 3 sexual partners 29 25% e 32 27% f 26% .88
exchange sex for drugs/money 5 4% e 8 7% f 6% .57
no condom use at last sexual encounter 91 80% e 95 90% f 20% .99
With a main sexual
partner (n=203)
have vaginal sex within prior 3 months 96/96 100% b 106/106 100% 100% d 1.0
     never use condom 80/96 83% 90/106 85% 84% .47
have anal sex within prior 3 months 23/97 24% 18/106 17% 20% .29
     never use condom 19/23 83% 16/18 89% 85% .68
With a non-main
sexual partner
(n=111)
have vaginal sex within prior 3 months 52/55 95% b 51/53 96% 95% d .99
     never use condom 19/52 37% 18/51 35% 36% .43
have anal sex within prior 3 months 10/58 17% 6/53 11% 14% .62
     never use condom 4/10 40% 5/6 83% 56% .20
a

Heavy drinking defined as ≥ 5 drinks in one day ≥ 2 times/month

b

Missing data on the Standard Arm: Drug use of cocaine, heroin, etc [Data not available (NA) = 1]; injection drug use (NA = 1); have sex within prior 3 months before incarceration (NA=2); have vaginal sex with a main partner (NA=1); have vaginal sex with a non-main partner (NA=3)

c

Missing data on the Rapid Arm: have sex within prior 3 months before incarceration (NA=2)

d

Missing data for Total Cohort: Drug use of cocaine, heroin, etc (NA=1); have sex within prior 3 months before incarceration (NA=4); have vaginal sex with a main partner (NA=1); have vaginal sex with a non-main partner (NA=3)

e

Among those having sex within prior 3 months before incarceration (n = 114)

f

Among those having sex within prior 3 months before incarceration (n = 119)

g

The p values are calculated using the Fisher exact tests