Table 1. Socio demographic characteristics, risk factors, prison variables and HCV infection among male and female prisoners at baseline (n = 3,368).
| Sex (Number/percentage) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Malen = 2,848 (84.6%) | Missing n | Female (n = 520/15.4%) | Missing n | p—value |
| HCV positive | 77 (2.7) | - | 3 (0.6) | - | <0.01 |
| Sociodemographic | |||||
| Age, years, mean±SD | 32±10 | - | 32±10 | - | 0.36 |
| Marital status, single | 1,308(46) | 21 | 173(34) | 13 | <0.01 |
| Ethnicity | 116 | 51 | |||
| White | 916(33) | 138(29) | <0.01 | ||
| Multiracial | 1,369(52) | 283(62) | |||
| Black | 378(13) | 35(7) | |||
| Asian | 69(2) | 13(2) | |||
| Naturality in MS | 1,880(66) | - | 276(53) | - | <0.01 |
| Schooling less than 4 years | 1,186(43) | 66 | 281(55) | 5 | <0.01 |
| Drug History | |||||
| Non-IDU | |||||
| Over the last year | 1,536(54) | - | 199(38) | - | <0.01 |
| IDU | |||||
| Over the last year | 26(1) | 91 | 5(1) | 16 | 0.91 |
| Ever shared needles/syring | 79(3) | 14 | 28(5) | 3 | <0.01 |
| Sexual History | |||||
| Sexual Preference | 15 | 12 | <0.01 | ||
| - Heterosexual | 2,786(98) | 450(89) | |||
| - Homosexual | 47(2) | 58(11) | |||
| Previously had homosexual intercourse | 153(5) | 77 | 125(26) | 45 | <0.01 |
| Ever had sex with an non-IDU | 951(34) | 13 | 256(50) | 3 | <0.01 |
| Ever had sex with an IDU | 82(3) | 218 | 30(6) | 25 | <0.01 |
| Stable Partner | 1,433(50) | 4 | 241(46) | - | 0.10 |
| Condom use | 12 | 8 | 0.35 | ||
| - Always | 957(34) | 162(32) | |||
| - Sometimes/never | 1,879(66) | 350(68) | |||
| Other Risk Behavior | |||||
| History of STI(s) | 341(13) | 157 | 51(10) | 11 | 0.09 |
| Episode of genital ulcer | 63(2) | 7 | 11(2) | 1 | 0.89 |
| Blood Transfusion | 352(13) | 49 | 59(11) | 3 | 0.47 |
| Tattoos | 1,907(67) | 9 | 324(62) | - | 0.03 |
| Piercings | 189(7) | 39 | 186(36) | 2 | <0.01 |
| Shared Sharp Objects | 1,020(36) | 12 | 267(52) | 1 | <0.01 |
| Surgery | 1,115(39) | 20 | 327(64) | 4 | <0.01 |
| HIV status | |||||
| Positive | 44 (1.54) | - | 10 (1.92) | - | 0.53 |
| Prison | |||||
| Previous Incarceration | 1,748(62) | 25 | 207(40) | 2 | <0.01 |
| Time in prison, months, mean±SD | 20±27 | - | 12±12 | - | <0.01 |
| Penal institutions | <0.01 | ||||
| EPFCAJG | - | 81(16) | |||
| EPFTL | - | 78(15) | |||
| EPFPP | - | 93(18) | |||
| EPFIIZ | - | 268(51) | |||
| EPC | 260(9) | - | |||
| PTL | 282(10) | - | |||
| EPRB | 250(9) | - | |||
| CTAL | 118(4) | - | |||
| PTCG | 286(10) | - | |||
| IPCG | 516(18) | - | |||
| EPJFC | 601(21) | - | |||
| PHAC | 535(19) | - | |||
MS- Mato Grosso do Sul state, IDU- Injection Drug Use, STI- Sexually Transmitted Infection, EPFCAJG- Estabelecimento Penal Feminino Carlos Alberto Jonas Giordano, EPFTL- Estabelecimento Penal Feminino de Três Lagoas, EPFPP- Estabelecimento Penal Feminino de Ponta Porã, EPFIIZ- Estabelecimento Penal Feminino Irmã Irma Zorzi, EPC- Estabelecimento Penal de Corumbá, PTL- Penitenciária de Três Lagoas, EPRB- Estabelecimento Penal Ricardo Brandão, CTAL- Centro de Triagem Anízio Lima, PTCG- Presídio de Trânsito de Campo Grande, IPCG- Instituto Penal de Campo Grande, EPJFC- Estabelecimento Penal Jair Ferreira de Carvalho, PHAC- Penitenciária Harry Amorim Costa.