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. 2021 Oct 23;13(11):2140. doi: 10.3390/v13112140

Table 2.

Demographics of individuals tested positive for chronic HCV (HCV Antibody-positive and HCV RNA-positive; monoinfected): HCV pathway vs. usual care.

HCV Pathway Usual Care p-Value
Total 2015–2018 Patients 2122 (100.0%) 620 (100.0%)
18–19 3 (0.1%) 1 (0.2%) 0.909
20–29 86 (4.1%) 33 (5.3%) 0.172
30–39 133 (6.3%) 64 (10.3%) 0.001
40–49 155 (7.3%) 85 (13.7%) <0.001
50–59 757 (35.7%) 203 (32.7%) 0.178
60–69 892 (42.0%) 190 (30.6%) <0.001
70–79 86 (4.1%) 37 (6.0%) 0.043
80–89 8 (0.4%) 7 (1.1%) 0.026
90–99 2 (0.1%) 0 (0%) 0.444
100+ 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Baby boomer Baby boomer 1646 (77.6%) 400 (64.5%) <0.001
Not baby boomer 476 (22.4%) 220 (35.5%) <0.001
Sex Female 803 (37.8%) 249 (40.2%) 0.296
Male 1319 (62.2%) 371 (59.8%) 0.296
Pregnancy Pregnancy during testing 11 (1.4%) 8 (3.2%) 0.042
Race American Indian/Alaskan native 11 (0.5%) 6 (1.0%) 0.21
Asian 114 (5.4%) 71 (11.5%) <0.001
Black/African American 1346 (63.4%) 339 (54.7%) <0.001
Native Hawaiian/ Pacific islander 3 (0.1)% 0 (0%) 0.349
Unknown or not reported 68 (3.2%) 26 (4.2%) 0.234
White/Caucasian 574 (27.0%) 174 (28.1%) 0.618
Other 6 (0.3%) 4 (0.6%) 0.188
Insurance Commercial 1251 (59.0%) 405 (65.3%) 0.004
Medicaid 384 (18.1%) 83 (13.4%) 0.006
Medicare 463 (21.8%) 125 (20.2%) 0.376
Other 5 (0.2%) 1 (0.2%) 0.727
Unknown 19 (0.9%) 6 (1.0%) 0.868
IV drug use No or unknown 2085 (98.3%) 618 (99.7%) 0.009
Yes 37 (1.7%) 2 (0.3%) 0.009
Sexual history: men who have sex with men (MSM) No or unknown 2107 (99.3%) 603 (97.3%) <0.001
Yes 15 (0.7%) 17 (2.7%) <0.001
DAA treatment 1 No treatment 924 (43.5%) 370 (59.7%) <0.001
treatment 1198 (56.5%) 250 (40.3%) <0.001

1. Direct-acting antiviral.