Table 1.
N | HCV positive (%) | HBsAg positive (%) | |
---|---|---|---|
Total subsample size | 1,553 | 4.0 | 1.2 |
Risk behavior variables | |||
Drug use ever | |||
Yes | 553 | 9.4* | 1.1 |
No | 1,000 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
Injecting drug use ever | |||
IDU | 209 | 22.5* | 1.4 |
Non-IDU | 344 | 1.5 | 0.9 |
No | 1,000 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
Unprotected sex | |||
Yes | 927 | 4.2 | 1.4 |
No | 626 | 3.7 | 0.9 |
Any tattooing | |||
Yes | 993 | 4.6 | 1.4 |
No | 560 | 2.9 | 0.7 |
Tattooing inside prison | |||
Yes | 222 | 4.5 | 2.3 |
No | 1,331 | 3.9 | 1.0 |
Control variables | |||
Gender | |||
Male | 1,333 | 3.8 | 1.1 |
Female | 220 | 5.5 | 1.4 |
Mean age (SD) | 35.5 (9.7) | 34 (9.2) | 37.6 (8.9) |
Mean years of present imprisonment | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
Nobody in this subsample was HIV positive
IDU injection drug use ever
*p < 0.05, significant differences