Table 5. The demographic comparison between the Chinese and the Burmese HIV-HCV-HBV negative IDUs.
| Parameter | Volunteer group (no. [%]) | P | |
| ChineseIDUs | BurmeseIDUs | ||
| Subjects | 63 (15.6) | 95 (29.9) | <0.001 |
| Age (Mean±SD) | 28.5±6.4a | 33.4±11.7b | <0.005 |
| Age of first drug injection(Mean±SD) | 24.3±6.3c | 29.3±9.3d | <0.05 |
| Years of drug injection(Mean±SD) | 3.8±3.0e | 3.6±4.0f | NS |
IDUs, intravenous drug users; NS, not significant.
a
data available for 63 subjects.
b
data available for 84 subjects.
c
data available for 59 subjects.
d
data available for 69 subjects.
e
data available for 59 subjects.
f
data available for 67 subjects.