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Published in final edited form as: J Hepatol. 2016 Feb 26;64(6):1247–1255. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2016.02.031

Table 3.

Phylogeny-trait association test of participant characteristic distribution among people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada using BaTS

Characteristic Number Association Index
Observed (95% CI) Expected (95% CI) Ratio p-value
Subtype 1a (n=347)
Age <27 years (vs. >27 years) 73 (21%) 11.0 (9.9, 12.1) 13.3 (11.7, 14.9) 0.83 0.010
Female (vs. Male) 82 (24%) 15.2 (14.1, 16.3) 14.5 (13.3, 15.9) 1.05 0.750
Inject <3 years (vs. ≥3 years) 36 (10%) 7.7 (6.8, 8.6) 7.4 (6.4, 8.2) 1.04 0.680
ARYS Cohort (vs. VIDUS) 27 (8%) 5.1 (4.4, 5.8) 5.8 (4.9, 6.7) 0.88 0.110
Recent HCV seroconversion (vs. HCV infection at baseline) 36 (10%) 6.7 (5.8, 7.6) 7.3 (6.3, 8.4) 0.92 0.170
HIV co-infection (vs. not) 92 (27%) 12.7 (11.5, 13.9) 15.7 (14.3, 17.2) 0.81 0.010
Subtype 1b (n=44)
Age <27 years (vs. >27 years) 6 (14%) 1.1 (0.9, 1.4) 1.1 (0.6, 1.5) 1.03 0.55
Female (vs. Male) 11 (25%) 1.5 (1.1, 1.9) 1.8 (1.2, 2.4) 0.8 0.14
Inject <3 years (vs. ≥3 years) 6 (14%) 1.1 (0.9, 1.3) 1.1 (0.6, 1.5) 0.95 0.43
ARYS Cohort (vs. VIDUS) 2 (5%) 0.4 (0.4, 0.5) 0.4 (0.1, 0.7) 0.97 0.37
Recent HCV seroconversion (vs. HCV infection at baseline) 2 (5%) 0.2 (0.1, 0.4) 0.4 (0.1, 0.7) 0.49 0.08
HIV co-infection (vs. not) 12 (27%) 1.6 (1.3, 1.8) 1.9 (1.2, 2.6) 0.83 0.27
Subtype 2b (n=52)
Age <27 years (vs. >27 years) 8 (15%) 0.5 (0.4, 0.8) 1.5 (1.0, 2.0) 0.36 <0.001
Female (vs. Male) 10 (19%) 2.1 (1.7, 2.4) 1.8 (1.1, 2.3) 1.19 0.770
Inject <3 years (vs. ≥3 years) 7 (13%) 1.5 (1.2, 1.7) 1.4 (1.0, 1.7) 1.11 0.680
ARYS Cohort (vs. VIDUS) 3 (6%) 0.1 (0.1, 0.1) 0.6 (0.3, 0.9) 0.09 <0.001
Recent HCV seroconversion (vs. HCV infection at baseline) 6 (12%) 0.8 (0.7, 1.0) 1.2 (0.7, 1.6) 0.70 0.080
HIV co-infection (vs. not) 13 (25%) 2.7 (2.3, 3.2) 2.1 (1.5, 2.8) 1.28 0.930
Subtype 3a (n=256)
Age <27 years (vs. >27 years) 73 (29%) 9.2 (8.2, 10.2) 12.0 (10.6, 13.7) 0.77 <0.001
Female (vs. Male) 76 (30%) 12.2 (11.1, 13.3) 12.1 (10.6, 13.8) 1.00 0.570
Inject <3 years (vs. ≥3 years) 34 (13%) 7.3 (6.7, 8.1) 6.7 (5.8, 7.8) 1.09 0.810
ARYS Cohort (vs. VIDUS) 33 (13%) 5.1 (4.4, 5.8) 6.5 (5.8, 7.3) 0.79 <0.001
Recent HCV seroconversion (vs. HCV infection at baseline) 29 (11%) 5.5 (4.9, 6.1) 5.9 (5.0, 6.8) 0.94 0.260
HIV co-infection (vs. not) 48 (19%) 8.3 (7.4, 9.2) 8.9 (7.7, 10.1) 0.94 0.210

BaTS: Bayesian Tip-association Significance test; CI: Confidence interval; ARYS: At-Risk Youth Study; VIDUS: Vancouver Injection Drug User Study