Table 1.
Baseline (WEEK 0) characteristics
| Mean (standard deviation) | Total (n=50) | HIV negative (n=25) | HIV positive (n=25) | P value |
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| Age | 32.6 (5.2) | 32.8 (6.0) | 32.4 (4.3) | 0.8159 |
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| Gender % (n) | ||||
| Male | 80 (40) | 84 (21) | 76 (19) | 0.4795 |
| Female | 20 (10) | 16 (4) | 24 (6) | |
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| Marital Status % (n) | ||||
| Married | 50 (25) | 56 (14) | 44 (11) | 0.7087 |
| Other | 50 (25) | 44 (11) | 56 (14) | |
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| Employment Status % (n) | ||||
| Full time | 30 (15) | 40 (10) | 20 (5) | 0.2525 |
| Part time | 28 (14) | 24 (6) | 32 (8) | |
| Unemployed | 34 (17) | 28 (7) | 40 (10) | |
| Other | 8 (4) | 8 (2) | 8 (2) | |
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| Alcohol use (30 days) | 4.9 (8.1) | 4.8 (7.8) | 5.0 (8.6) | 0.9318 |
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| Heroin use (30 days) | 4.4 (9.3) | 3.8 (7.9) | 4.9 (10.6) | 0.6975 |
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| Other opiates/Analgesics (30 days) | 20.7 (12.4) | 17.7 (13.1) | 23.7 (11.2) | 0.0835 |
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| Sedatives/Hypnotics/Tranquilizers (30 days) | 9.4 (13.4) | 8.7 (13.2) | 10.0 (13.9) | 0.7323 |
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| Cannabis (30 days) | 4.5 (6.8) | 6.9 (8.1) | 3.0 (4.7) | 0.1172 |
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| Alcohol use (Years) | 2.6 (4.5) | 3.7 (5.7) | 1.5 (2.6) | 0.0838 |
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| Heroin use (Years) | 2.3 (3.1) | 2.8 (4.0) | 1.8 (1.7) | 0.2965 |
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| Other opiates/Analgesics (Years) | 9.8 (6.3) | 9.5 (7.3) | 10.1 (5.2) | 0.7566 |
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| Sedatives/Hypnotics/Tranquilizers (Years) | 2.9 (4.3) | 2.3 (4.3) | 3.4 (4.2) | 0.3773 |
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| Cannabis (Years) | 6.5 (5.6) | 7.1 (5.8) | 6.0 (5.4) | 0.5001 |
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| RAB drug score | 3.6 (3.3) | 3.3 (3.2) | 3.9 (3.5) | 0.5267 |
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| RAB sex score | 4.1 (1.9) | 3.9 (2.2) | 4.3 (1.6) | 0.5175 |
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| RAB total score | 7.7 (4.2) | 7.2 (3.9) | 8.2 (4.4) | 0.4224 |
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| In the past six months, have you shared needles or works? % (n) | ||||
| No/I have not shot up in the past six months | 88 (44) | 92 (23) | 84 (21) | 0.3841 |
| Yes | 12 (6) | 8 (2) | 16 (4) | |
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| With how many different people did you share needles in the past six months? % (n) | ||||
| 0/I have not shot up in the past six months | 86 (43) | 88 (22) | 84 (21) | 0.3290 |
| 1 other person | 10 (5) | 12 (3) | 8 (2) | |
| 2 or 3 different people | 4 (2) | 0 (0) | 8 (2) | |
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| In the past six months, how often have you shared rinse-water? % (n) | ||||
| Never/I have not shot up in the past 6 months | 100 (50) | 100 (25) | 100 (25) | |
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| In the past six months, how often have you shared a cooker? % (n) | ||||
| Never or I have not shot up in the past 6 months | 88 (44) | 88 (22) | 88 (22) | 0.7165 |
| A few times or less | 6 (3) | 8 (2) | 4 (1) | |
| Once or more each week | 6 (3) | 4 (1) | 8 (2) | |
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| In the past six months, how often have you divided or shared drugs with others by using one syringe (yours or someone else’s) to squirt or load the drugs into the other syringe(s) (backloading, for example) ? % (n) | ||||
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| Never or I have not shot up in the past 6 months | 78 (39) | 88 (22) | 68 (17) | 0.1550 |
| A few times or less | 1 (1) | 4 (1) | 0 (0) | |
| A few times each month | 10 (5) | 4 (1) | 16 (4) | |
| Once or more each week | 10 (5) | 4 (1) | 16 (4) | |