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.