Table 1. Characteristics of the HCV-negative “at-risk” injection partner at enrollment (n = 50)‡.
n (%) or median (IQR) | |
Demographic Characteristics | |
Gender | |
Male | 23 (46) |
Female | 27 (54) |
Age (years) | 24 (22–27) |
Age | |
16 to 24 years | 41 (59) |
25 to 30 years | 27 (38) |
31 to 44 years | 2 (3) |
Race | |
White | 36 (72) |
Non-white/mixed race/other | 14 (28) |
Completed High School | |
No | 14 (28) |
Yes | 36 (72) |
Homeless/marginally housed, prior 30 days | |
No | 22 (53) |
Yes | 20 (47) |
Ever incarcerated (jail or prison) | |
No | 7 (14) |
Yes | 43 (86) |
Ever in drug treatment | |
No | 10 (20) |
Yes | 30 (80) |
Self-reported HIV status (n = 73) | |
Negative | 36 (92) |
Positive | 1 (3) |
Indeterminate | 2 (5) |
Drug and alcohol use | |
Drank alcohol daily or almost daily † | |
No | 39 (78) |
Yes | 11 (22) |
Smoked crack cocaine † | |
No | 11 (22) |
Yes | 39 (78) |
Snorted or smoked cocaine † | |
No | 22 (44) |
Yes | 22 (44) |
Snorted or smoked methamphetamine † | |
No | 13 (26) |
Yes | 37 (74) |
Age (in years) first injected drugs years | 18 (16–20) |
Age first injected drugs | |
10 to 14 years old | 4 (8) |
15 to 18 years old | 24 (48) |
19 to 38 years old†† | 22 (44) |
Number of days injected, prior month | 25 (7–30) |
Number of people with whom injected other than partner, prior month | 3 (1–5) |
Drug injected most often, prior month | |
Heroin | 29 (63) |
Stimulant | 18 (27) |
Other | 3 (6) |
Data represent unique injection partners as individuals could enroll with multiple injection partners.
Prior 3-months.
Age <30 when enrolled in parent study; a small number of participants were age >30 at enrollment in partner study.