Table 1. Demographic characteristics and risk factors of HCV antibody-positive participants.

IDU, Injection drug use; MSM, men who have sex with men.

Characteristic	Total (N = 16)	HCV RNA positive (n = 8)	HCV RNA negative (n = 8)	P value
Demographics
Age
<40	1 (6 %)	1 (12 %)	0 (0 %)
40–49	11 (69 %)	5 (63 %)	6 (75 %)
≥50	4 (25 %)	2 (25 %)	2 (25 %)
Gender
Male	10 (63 %)	5 (63 %)	5 (63 %)
Female	6 (37 %)	3 (37 %)	3 (37 %)
Race
African–American	13 (81 %)	6 (75 %)	7 (88 %)
Caucasian	2 (13 %)	2 (25 %)	0 (0 %)
Hispanic	1 (6 %)	0 (0 %)	1 (12 %)
Risk factor for HCV
IDU				0.608
No	10 (62 %)	4 (50 %)	6 (75 %)
Yes	6 (38 %)	4 (50 %)	2 (25 %)
Trading sex in past 30 days				0.010
No	8 (50 %)	1 (12 %)	7 (88 %)
Yes	8 (50 %)	7 (88 %)	1 (12 %)
MSM in past 30 days				0.200
No	13 (81 %)	5 (63 %)	8 (100 %)
Yes	3 (19 %)	3 (37 %)	0 (0 %)