Table 2.
Bivariate, gender-stratified associations with HCV disclosure
| Characteristic | Female (n=104) | Male (n=139) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude OR | 95% CI | p value | Crude OR | 95% CI | p value | |
| Demographic | ||||||
| Age (years) | 0.92 | (0.87, 0.98) | 0.006** | 1.00 | (0.95, 1.04) | 0.944 |
| White | ---a | ---a | ---a | 2.51 | (0.79, 7.95) | 0.118 |
| High school graduate | 1.56 | (0.65, 3.74) | 0.317 | 0.65 | (0.31, 1.33) | 0.235 |
| Currently married | 1.60 | (0.49, 5.28) | 0.441 | 1.49 | (0.58, 3.84) | 0.412 |
| Unemployed | 1.10 | (0.46, 2.61) | 0.838 | 1.72 | (0.82, 3.59) | 0.152 |
| Interpersonal | ||||||
| Spends most of free time alone | 0.56 | (0.21, 1.54) | 0.264 | 1.45 | (0.68, 3.08) | 0.336 |
| Social conflict | 2.68 | (0.57, 12.73) | 0.214 | 0.35 | (0.12, 1.00) | 0.051 |
| Dependent on someone else for majority of support | 0.93 | (0.39, 2.23) | 0.878 | 1.03 | (0.46, 2.30) | 0.944 |
| Other characteristics | ||||||
| Lifetime history of IDU | 0.65 | (0.13, 3.29) | 0.606 | 0.21 | (0.05, 0.96) | 0.044* |
| Lifetime history of drug treatmentb | 0.38 | (0.15, 0.97) | 0.042* | 0.34 | (0.16, 0.71) | 0.004** |
| Time since testing HCV positive (years) | 0.95 | (0.85, 1.06) | 0.325 | 1.03 | (0.92, 1.14) | 0.627 |
HCV=Hepatitis C virus; OR=Odds ratio; CI=Confidence interval
a
Quasi-complete separation of the data related to race occurred among females due to the association of the covariate with only one outcome, leading to an infinite parameter estimate.
b
Drug treatment includes methadone detoxification, methadone maintenance, Outpatient Drug Free, residential treatment, non-methadone detoxification, and 12-step programs (Alcoholics Anonymous/ Narcotics Anonymous)
*
p<0.05.
**
p<0.01.