Table 2.
Characteristics Independently Associated With Self-Reported HBV or HCV Awareness
| Univariate | Multivariable | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Odds ratio |
Lower 95% |
Upper 95% |
P value |
Odds ratio |
Lower 95% |
Upper 95% |
P value |
| HBV | ||||||||
| US citizen (ref: noncitizen) | 4.95 | 0.96 | 25.4 | .06 | 3.07 | 1.03 | 9.23 | .05 |
| Married (ref: not married) | 3.64 | 0.87 | 15.3 | .08 | — | — | — | — |
| Education level (ref: ≤HS graduate) | ||||||||
| Some college or higher | 3.24 | 1.04 | 10.10 | .04 | 6.43 | 1.49 | 27.63 | .02 |
| BMI (continuous) | 0.87 | 0.79 | 0.97 | .01 | — | — | — | — |
| ALT (continuous) | 1.02 | 1.00 | 1.04 | .07 | — | — | — | — |
| Abnormal ALT (ref: normal ALT) | 4.00 | 0.96 | 16.70 | .06 | 2.93 | 1.03 | 8.33 | .04 |
| Platelet count (per 1 × 109 unit increase) | 0.99 | 0.98 | 0.996 | .007 | — | — | — | — |
| HCV | ||||||||
| Baby boomer (ref: not) | 2.47 | 0.88 | 6.96 | .09 | — | — | — | — |
| Hispanic race (ref: non-Hispanic) | 0.37 | 0.20 | 0.67 | .002 | 0.27 | 0.11 | 0.66 | .01 |
| Foreign born (ref: US-born) | 0.33 | 0.15 | 0.75 | .009 | — | — | — | — |
| Non-English (ref: English) | 0.28 | 0.09 | 0.88 | .03 | — | — | — | — |
| Poverty index <1 (ref: >1) | 0.46 | 0.19 | 1.08 | .07 | 0.27 | 0.11 | 0.65 | .01 |
| Married (ref: not) | 0.44 | 0.18 | 1.10 | .08 | 0.24 | 0.08 | 0.69 | .01 |
| MSM (ref: not)a | 13.4 | 1.21 | 148.5 | .04 | — | — | — | — |
| Blood transfusion (ref: never) | 2.22 | 0.95 | 5.19 | .06 | — | — | — | — |
| Injection drug use (ref: never) | 2.31 | 1.10 | 4.84 | .03 | 3.64 | 1.64 | 8.08 | .003 |
| Platelet count (per 1 × 109 unit increase) | 0.99 | 0.99 | 1.00 | .05 | — | — | — | — |
| FIB-4 >3.25 (ref <3.25) | 3.14 | 1.06 | 9.33 | .04 | — | — | — | — |
ALT, alanine aminotransferase; BMI, body mass index; FIB-4, Fibrosis-4 Score; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HS, high school; MSM, men who have sex with men; ref, reference.
a
Excluded from multivariable model because of small number.