Sex |
Female | 282 | 12 (4.3%) | 1.00 | |
Male | 405 | 20 (4.9%) | 1.16 | 0.68 |
Age (years) |
<30 | 293 | 6 (2.0%) | | |
⩾30 | 394 | 26 (6.6%) | 3.26 | 0.005 |
Race/ethnicity |
Non-Hispanic white | 43 | 7 (16.3%) | 1.00 | |
Non-Hispanic black | 255 | 9 (3.5%) | 0.21 | 0.003 |
Hispanic | 331 | 15 (4.5%) | 0.28 | 0.007 |
Haitian | 53 | 1 (1.9%) | 0.12 | 0.02 |
Non-Hispanic other | 5 | 0 (0.0%) | | |
Education |
>High school | 206 | 9 (4.4%) | 1.00 | |
High school | 240 | 9 (3.8%) | 0.86 | 0.74 |
<High school | 241 | 14 (5.8%) | 1.33 | 0.49 |
US born |
No | 382 | 14 (3.7%) | | |
Yes | 305 | 18 (5.9%) | 1.61 | 0.17 |
Blood transfusion |
No* | 642 | 28 (4.4%) | | |
Yes | 45 | 4 (8.9%) | 2.04 | 0.15 |
Blood transfusion before 1992 |
No* | 651 | 28 (4.3%) | | |
Yes | 36 | 4 (11.1%) | 2.58 | 0.08 |
Injection drug use |
No* | 661 | 17 (2.6%) | | |
Yes | 26 | 15 (57.7%) | 22.19 | <0.0001 |
Intranasal drug use |
No | 522 | 16 (3.1%) | | |
Yes | 165 | 16 (9.7%) | 3.13 | 0.0004 |
Stuck with a needle with blood on it |
No* | 673 | 26 (3.9%) | | |
Yes | 14 | 6 (42.9%) | 11.00 | <0.0001 |
Number of lifetime sex partners |
<50* | 564 | 21 (3.7%) | | |
⩾50 | 123 | 11 (8.9%) | 2.41 | 0.01 |
Diagnosed with STD |
No* | 351 | 13 (3.7%) | | |
Yes | 336 | 19 (5.6%) | 1.51 | 0.23 |
Exchanged sex for money |
No | 608 | 23 (3.8%) | | |
Yes | 79 | 9 (11.4%) | 3.00 | 0.01 |
Tattoo |
No | 489 | 23 (4.7%) | | |
Yes | 198 | 9 (4.6%) | 0.98 | 0.93 |
Body piercing |
No | 484 | 21 (4.3%) | | |
Yes | 203 | 11 (5.4%) | 1.26 | 0.54 |
Injected vitamins or medications with used needles |
No* | 673 | 31 (4.6%) | | |
Yes | 14 | 1 (7.1%) | 1.54 | 0.49 |
Injected vitamins or medications outside US |
No* | 433 | 24 (5.5%) | | |
Yes | 254 | 8 (3.2%) | 0.58 | 0.15 |
History of prison or jail for ⩾1 days |
No | 417 | 7 (1.7%) | | |
Yes | 270 | 25 (9.3%) | 5.47 | <0.0001 |
Household contact with HCV+ person |
No* | 666 | 28 (4.2%) | | |
Yes | 21 | 4 (19%) | 4.52 | 0.01 |
Sexual contact with HCV+ person |
No* | 677 | 28 (4.1%) | | |
Yes | 10 | 4 (40.0%) | 9.76 | <0.0001 |
Ever been told HIV+ |
No* | 665 | 30 (4.5%) | | |
Yes | 22 | 2 (9.1%) | 2.02 | 0.28 |