Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of index participants living with HIV who identified sexual and injecting partners in the Study of HIV/Hepatitis C, APS, and Phylogenetics for Persons Who Inject Drugs (SHARP)
| Characteristic | Total (N=783) |
Men (N=402) |
Women (N=381) |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | |||
| Age (years) | |||
| 18–25 | 74 (9.5) | 25 (6.2) | 49 (12.9) |
| 26–35 | 274 (35.0) | 114 (28.4) | 160 (42.0) |
| 36–45 | 318 (40.6) | 185 (46.0) | 133 (34.9) |
| 46–67 | 117 (14.9) | 78 (19.4) | 39 (10.2) |
| Relationship status | |||
| Single | 287 (36.7) | 126 (31.3) | 161 (42.3) |
| Married or partnered | 237 (30.3) | 130 (32.3) | 107 (28.1) |
| Divorced or separated | 184 (23.5) | 104 (25.9) | 80 (21.0) |
| Widowed | 75 (9.6) | 42 (10.4) | 33 (8.7) |
| Enrollment region | |||
| Nairobi | 452 (57.7) | 189 (47.0) | 263 (69.0) |
| Coast | 331 (42.3) | 213 (53.0) | 118 (31.0) |
| Recruitment Site Type (N=781*) | |||
| Medication-assisted treatment centers** | 159 (20.3) | 76 (18.9) | 83 (21.8) |
| Needle and syringe programs | 497 (63.5) | 244 (60.7) | 253 (66.4) |
| Non-governmental organizations | 125 (16.0) | 80 (19.9) | 45 (11.8) |
| Reported stable housing | 675 (86.2) | 339 (84.3) | 336 (88.2) |
| Aware of HIV status at enrollment | 709 (90.5) | 368 (91.5) | 341 (89.5) |
| Currently on antiretroviral therapy | 625 (79.8) | 336 (83.6) | 289 (75.9) |
| Currently enrolled in a methadone program | 176 (22.5) | 112 (27.9) | 64 (16.8) |
| Number of years injecting | |||
| <5 | 441 (56.3) | 175 (43.5) | 266 (69.8) |
| ≥5 | 337 (43.0) | 225 (56.0) | 112 (29.4) |
| Shared needles in past month | 47 (6.0) | 14 (3.5) | 33 (8.7) |
| Ever had transactional sex | 408 (52.1) | 101 (25.1) | 307 (80.6) |
*
Two index participants were excluded due to data entry errors for the recruitment site.
**
One of the medication-assisted treatment (MAT) centers was also a public health center to which sexual partners of index participants were sent for HIV/HCV testing in the study.