TABLE 1.
Baseline demographic and behavioural characteristics
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Total N = 633 n (%) |
MLF Than Sitt Charity Clinic n = 380 n (%) |
Burnet Institute Thingangyun Clinic n = 253 n (%) |
Pearson's chi‐square test e /Wilcoxon rank sum test P‐value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex, male | 405 (64) | 166 (44) | 239 (94) | P < .001 |
| Median age, years (IQR) | 42 (31‐53) | 50.5 (39‐59) | 32 (27‐40) | P < .001 |
| Residence location | ||||
| Yangon | 466 (74) | 223 (59) | 243 (96) | P < .001 |
| Outside of Yangon | 167 (26) | 157 (41) | 10 (4) | |
| Employment status a | ||||
| Employed | 352 (56) | 197 (52) | 155 (61) | P = .005 |
| Unemployed | 231 (36) | 159 (42) | 72 (28) | |
| Retired/student | 45 (7) | 24 (6) | 21 (8) | |
| Ever‐injected drugs b | 265 (42) | 12 (3) | 253 (100) | P < .001 |
| Injected drugs in the past 6 months |
236/264 (89) |
1/12 (8) |
235/253 (93) |
P < .001 |
| Currently prescribed methadone at screening | 161 (25) | 0 (0) | 161 (64) | P < .001 |
| Ever incarcerated c | 65 (10) | 7 (2) | 58 (24) | P < .001 |
| Self‐reported mode of hepatitis C acquisition d : | ||||
| Injecting drug use | 218 (36) | 6 (2) | 212 (88) | P < .001 |
| Tattoo/scarification | 24 (4) | 11 (3) | 13 (5) | |
| Healthcare or dental care related | 106 (18) | 102 (28) | 4 (2) | |
| Family history | 78 (13) | 75 (21) | 3 (1) | |
| Unprotected sex | 22 (4) | 15 (4) | 7 (3) | |
| Unknown | 157 (26) | 156 (43) | 1 (0.4) | |
| Previously tested for anti‐HCV antibodies (self‐report) | ||||
| Never tested | 91 (14) | 12 (3) | 79 (31) | P < .001 |
| Tested previously | 542 (86) | 368 (97) | 174 (69) | |
‘Prefer not to answer’ responses included in denominator:
a
5 responded ‘prefer not to answer’.
b
1 responded ‘prefer not to answer’.
c
13 responded ‘prefer not to answer’.
d
28 had no mode of acquisition selected and were excluded from the denominator.
e
Fisher's exact test used for variables where there was a cell n < 5.