Table 5.
Prevalence of selected health conditions/behaviours among participants of HCV Research UK at the time of enrolment
| Health condition/behaviour | Prevalence among HCV Research UK participants, by gender | Crude prevalence in UK general population | Data source for crude population prevalence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recent injecting drug use* | Male: 7.8% | <1% | UK report to European monitoring centre for drugs and drug addition, 201414 |
| Female: 3.9% | |||
| Past injecting drug use | Male: 62.4% | 1% | |
| Female: 46.6% | |||
| Daily/occasional cannabis use | Male: 27.7% | 7% | |
| Female: 15.8% | |||
| Current tobacco smoker | Male: 58.0% | 19% | Health Survey England, 201415 |
| Female: 45.3% | |||
| Obesity (BMI≥30) | Male: 20.3% | 26% | |
| Female: 24.9% | |||
| Underweight (BMI <18.5) | Male: 2.6% | 2% | |
| Female: 3.5% | |||
| Diagnosed with diabetes | Male: 11.2% | 6% | |
| Female: 9.2% | |||
| Previous suicide attempt | Male: 15.1% | 6% | |
| Female 20.2% | |||
| History of sustained heavy alcohol use† | Male: 43.2% | 2–12%† | |
| Female: 23.6% | |||
| Current excess alcohol use‡ | Male: 8.7% | 18% | |
| Female: 7.7% | |||
| Previous hospital admission for depression | Male: 9.1% | 1% | Innes et al16 |
| Female: 12.4% | |||
| HIV infected | Male: 6.0% | <1% | Public Health England, 201417 |
| Female: 2.9% |
*Recent defined as within the past six months.
†Past sustained heavy alcohol use defined as drinking >50 units a week for at least 6 months. No directly comparable UK population statistic exists for this. As a lower bound, we have indicated 2% which refers to the prevalence of current alcohol consumption >50 units week taken from Health Survey England. As the upper bound we have indicated 12% which refers to the lower bound estimate added to the proportion of ex-drinkers in the UK population.
‡Current excess alcohol use refers to drinking >21 units in the last 7 days for males, and >14 units/wk for females.