Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of study participants (n = 250)
| Total (N = 250) n (%) |
Intervention (n = 128) n (%) |
Control (n = 122) n (%) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age <40 years | 134 (53.6) | 71 (55.5) | 63 (51.6) | 0.544 |
| Male | 176 (70.4) | 88 (68.8) | 88 (72.1) | 0.558 |
| Race | 0.266 | |||
| African-American | 87 (34.8) | 50 (39.1) | 37 (30.3) | |
| Latino | 49 (19.6) | 25 (19.5) | 24 (19.7) | |
| African (foreign-born) | 91 (36.4) | 45 (35.2) | 46 (37.7) | |
| Other | 24 (9.2) | 8 (6.3) | 15 (12.3) | |
| Ever homeless | 83 (33.3) | 44 (34.7) | 39 (32.0) | 0.654 |
| Homeless in previous year | 40 (16.1) | 21 (16.5) | 19 (15.6) | 0.836 |
| Married/common-law | 97 (38.8) | 51 (39.8) | 46 (37.7) | 0.729 |
| Foreign-born | 167 (66.8) | 86 (67.2) | 81 (66.4) | 0.894 |
| Completed high school | 153 (61.2) | 78 (60.9) | 75 (61.5) | 0.931 |
| Unemployed | 147 (58.8) | 76 (59.4) | 71 (58.2) | 0.850 |
| Prior LTBI treatment | 15 (6.1) | 7 (5.5) | 8 (6.6) | 0.717 |
| History of mental illness | 21 (8.4) | 11 (8.6) | 10 (8.2) | 0.910 |
| Current smoker | 84 (33.6) | 46 (35.9) | 38 (31.2) | 0.423 |
| Ever alcohol use | 179 (71.6) | 94 (73.4) | 85 (69.7) | 0.509 |
| Current alcohol use | 80 (32.0) | 38 (29.7) | 42 (34.4) | 0.422 |
| Ever drug use | 129 (51.6) | 69 (53.9) | 60 (49.2) | 0.455 |
| Current drug user | 40 (16.0) | 20 (15.6) | 20 (16.4) | 0.868 |
| Depressed (CESD >16) | 86 (34.4) | 48 (37.5) | 38 (31.2) | 0.291 |
LTBI = latent tuberculosis infection; CESD = Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale.