Table 1.

GEE regression analysis examining change in HCV-alcohol knowledge over time and the relation between demographic variables and HCV-alcohol knowledge

Variable	Coefficient	Standard Error	P value
Female gender	0.007	0.135	0.962
Age (in years)	−0.004	0.008	0.603
White race (compared to all others)	0.349	0.114	0.002
Education	0.052	0.028	0.057
HIV status at baseline	0.198	0.161	0.218
Depression score at baseline (sum)	−0.013	0.010	0.184
Three months compared to baseline	0.392	0.140	0.005
Six months compared to baseline	0.232	0.130	0.074

Individuals = 53, completing a total of 133 interviews. All participants were included even if they only completed the baseline interview.

White race is compared to participants of all other races, who were Black (n=34), mixed Black and American Indian (n=1), and “Other” (n=2).