Table 2:
Factors associated with HCV Testing among PWID (n = 353)
| Unadjusted Results† | Adjusted Regression | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ever HCV Tested | Never HCV Tested | p-value§ | aOR | 95%CI | p-value | |
| Age (years)‡ | 24.7 (0.2) | 23.7 (0.2) | 0.02 | 1.03 | 0.93 – 1.15 | 0.59 |
| Gender | 0.82 | |||||
| Male | 186 (66%) | 45 (64%) | Ref | |||
| Female | 97 (34%) | 25 (36%) | 0.85 | 0.45 – 1.62 | 0.63 | |
| Race/Ethnicity | 0.03 | |||||
| NH Black or other | 20 (7%) | 7 (10%) | Ref | |||
| NH White | 216 (77%) | 43 (61%) | 1.19 | 0.38 – 2.24 | 0.73 | |
| Hispanic | 46 (16%) | 20 (29%) | 0.49 | 0.14 – 1.69 | 0.26 | |
| Currently Homeless¶ | 0.07 | |||||
| No | 171 (61%) | 51 (73%) | Ref | |||
| Yes | 108 (39%) | 19 (27%) | 1.13 | 0.57 – 2.25 | 0.73 | |
| US-born | 0.002 | |||||
| No | 38 (13%) | 20 (29%) | Ref | |||
| Yes | 245 (87%) | 50 (71%) | 2.06 | 1.01 – 4.22 | 0.05 | |
| Years since 1st injection‡ | 3.5 (1–6) | 1 (0–4) | <0.001 | 1.16 | 1.02 – 1.32 | 0.02 |
| Used Syringe Exchange (past year) | <0.001 | |||||
| No | 113 (40%) | 47 (67%) | Ref | |||
| Yes | 170 (60%) | 23 (33%) | 1.89 | 0.92 – 3.72 | 0.08 | |
| Ever Injected PO | <0.001 | |||||
| No | 97 (35%) | 42 (63%) | Ref | |||
| Yes | 183 (65%) | 25 (37%) | 1.32 | 0.67 – 2.60 | 0.42 | |
| Ever in SUD Treatment | <0.001 | |||||
| No | 28 (10%) | 24 (34%) | ||||
| Yes | 255 (90%) | 46 (66%) | 3.17 | 1.53 – 6.61 | 0.02 | |
| Any Health Insurance | 0.62 | |||||
| No | 56 (19%) | 13 (22%) | ||||
| Yes | 236 (81%) | 46 (78%) | ||||
| Highest level of education | 0.38 | |||||
| Did not complete HS | 56 (20%) | 11 (16%) | ||||
| HS graduate or GED | 111 (39%) | 24 (34%) | ||||
| Attended some college | 116 (41%) | 35 (50%) | ||||
†
Age shown as mean years (SD), years since 1st injection as median (IQR), all others as n (%)
‡
Modeled as a continuous variable with 1-year units.
¶
“Homeless” was defined as “staying on the street, in a shelter, in a Single Room Occupancy hotel (SRO), temporarily staying with friends or relatives, or living in a car”
§
t-test for Age, Wilcoxon-Rank Sum for years since 1st injection, Chi-square for all others.
Abbreviations: GED = “General Educational Development, NH = “Non-Hispanic”, PO = prescription opioids, SUD = substance use disorder, US = “United States”