Table 3.
Syringe sharing by self-reported HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) status
| Behaviour | HIV-positive (n = 18) n (%) |
HIV-negative (n = 165) n (%) |
p value* (HIV+ vs. −) | HCV-positive (n = 105) n (%) |
HCV-negative (n = 80) n (%) |
p value (HCV+ vs. −) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrowed syringes in past 6 months | ||||||
| Yes | 10 (55.6) | 18 (10.9) | < 0.001 | 23 (21.9) | 7 (8.8) | 0.016 |
| No | 8 (44.4) | 147 (89.1) | 82 (78.1) | 73 (91.3) | ||
| Loaned syringes in past 6 months | ||||||
| Yes | 4 (23.5) | 21 (12.7) | 0.260 | 17 (16.4) | 7 (8.8) | 0.129 |
| No | 13 (76.5) | 144 (87.3) | 87 (83.7) | 73 (91.3) | ||
Results statistically significant at p <0.05 are indicated in italics
*Fisher’s exact test due to small expected cell counts