Table 1.
Baseline participant characteristics (N = 121).
| Variable | Not on MMT N = 94 (%) |
On MMT N = 27 (%) |
p-valuea |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 1.000 | ||
| Male | 86 (91.5) | 25 (92.6) | |
| Female | 8 (8.5) | 2 (7.4) | |
| Age, mean ± SD (range) | 34.4 ± 7.4 (21, 57) | 38.2 ± 8.4 (25, 64) | 0.021* |
| Marital Status | 0.592 | ||
| Partnered | 33 (35.1) | 11 (40.7) | |
| Not partnered | 61 (64.9) | 16 (59.3) | |
| Education | 0.691 | ||
| Secondary or less | 87 (92.6) | 24 (88.9) | |
| Beyond secondary | 7 (7.4) | 3 (11.1) | |
| Pre-incarceration Housing | 0.702 | ||
| Own residence (rent/own) | 17 (18.1) | 5 (18.5) | |
| Friend or Relative’s home | 71 (75.5) | 19 (70.4) | |
| Other | 6 (6.4) | 3 (11.1) | |
| Overdose in the 6 months before incarceration | 0.782 | ||
| Yes | 17 (18.1) | 4 (14.8) | |
| No | 77 (81.2) | 23 (85.2) | |
| Injected nearly daily in last 30 days before incarceration | 0.004* | ||
| Yes | 19 (20.2) | 13 (48.2) | |
| No | 75 (79.8) | 14 (51.8) | |
| HIV Screening | 0.730 | ||
| Positive | 11 (11.7) | 2 (7.4) | |
| Negative | 83 (88.3) | 25 (92.6) | |
| Hepatitis B Surface Antigen | 0.782 | ||
| Positive | 17 (18.1) | 4 (14.8) | |
| Negative | 77 (81.2) | 23 (85.2) | |
| Hepatitis C Screening | 0.004* | ||
| Positive | 40 (42.6) | 7 (25.9) | |
| Negative | 54 (57.4) | 20 (74.1) | |
| Syphilis (RPR) | 0.682 | ||
| Positive | 7 (7.4) | 1 (3.7) | |
| Negative | 87 (92.6) | 26 (96.3) | |
| Major Depression (CESD-10) | 0.544 | ||
| Yes | 46 (48.9) | 15 (55.6) | |
| No | 48 (51.1) | 12 (44.4) |
a
p-value from t-test for continuous variables and Fischer’s Exact or χ2 test for categorical variables.