Table 1 Prevalence of selected characteristics among all participants and associations with anti-HCV, HIV and HIV/HCV infection status
Variable | Prevalence of characteristicb(N = 246) | HIV/HCV coinfected (N = 69) | HCV mono-infected (N = 44) | HIV mono-infected (N = 58) | Non-infected (N = 75) |  | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | p-valuea |
# Completed surveys | 246 | (100) | 69 | (28) | 44 | (18) | 58 | (24) | 75 | (30) | Â |
Reported a previous positive test for HCVb | |||||||||||
 Yes | 88 | (36) | 51 | (75) | 29 | (67) | 6 | (10) | 2 | (3) | <.0001 |
 No/Skipped | 155 | (64) | 17 | (25) | 14 | (33) | 52 | (90) | 72 | (97) |  |
Race | |||||||||||
 Nonwhite | 176 | (72) | 48 | (27) | 28 | (16) | 44 | (25) | 56 | (32) | 0.5 |
 White | 70 | (28) | 21 | (30) | 16 | (23) | 14 | (20) | 19 | (27) |  |
Age, median (IQR) | 48 | (42–54) | 50 | (46–54) | 50 | (46–54) | 45 | (40–51) | 47 | (41–54) | 0.0092 |
Birth cohort | |||||||||||
 After 1965 | 69 | (28) | 10 | (14) | 10 | (14) | 25 | (36) | 24 | (35) | 0.0029 |
 1965 and earlier | 177 | (72) | 59 | (33) | 34 | (19) | 33 | (19) | 51 | (29) |  |
High school graduate | |||||||||||
 No | 86 | (35) | 37 | (43) | 15 | (17) | 21 | (24) | 13 | (15) | 0.0001 |
 Yes | 160 | (65) | 32 | (20) | 29 | (18) | 37 | (23) | 62 | (39) |  |
Sexual Orientation | |||||||||||
 Heterosexual | 190 | (77) | 52 | (27) | 31 | (16) | 49 | (26) | 58 | (31) | 0.39 |
 Lesbian/Bi-sexual | 56 | (23) | 17 | (30) | 13 | (23) | 9 | (16) | 17 | (30) |  |
Recent income (past 6 months): $, median (IQR) | 934 | (812–1149) | 908 | (800–1025) | 973 | (800–1200) | 935 | (845–1175) | 949 | (659–1375) | 0.41 |
Physical Health Score, median (IQR) | 39 | (30–48) | 36 | (29–45) | 38 | (29–49) | 37 | (30–47) | 42 | (32–52) | 0.13 |
Mental Health Score, median (IQR) | 43 | (34–55) | 43 | (36–53) | 43 | (32–57) | 43 | (32–53) | 45 | (34–55) | 0.9 |
Primary care visit in last 6Â months | |||||||||||
 Yes | 203 | (83) | 64 | (32) | 31 | (15) | 55 | (27) | 53 | (26) | <.0001 |
 No | 43 | (17) | 5 | (12) | 13 | (30) | 3 | (7) | 22 | (51) |  |
Current depression | |||||||||||
 Yes | 129 | (54) | 30 | (23) | 21 | (16) | 35 | (27) | 43 | (33) | 0.11 |
 No | 108 | (46) | 38 | (35) | 21 | (19) | 20 | (19) | 29 | (27) |  |
No. of psychiatric diagnoses, median (IQR) | 7 | (4–10) | 9 | (5–13) | 9 | (5–11) | 7 | (4–9) | 5 | (3–9) | 0.0005 |
Risk exposures in the past 6Â months: | |||||||||||
Incarcerated | |||||||||||
 Yes | 28 | (11) | 10 | (36) | 2 | (7) | 7 | (25) | 9 | (32) | 0.42 |
 No | 218 | (89) | 59 | (27) | 42 | (19) | 51 | (23) | 66 | (30) |  |
Slept in a public place or homeless shelter | |||||||||||
 Yes | 59 | (24) | 14 | (24) | 11 | (19) | 12 | (20) | 22 | (37) | 0.56 |
 No | 187 | (76) | 55 | (29) | 33 | (18) | 46 | (25) | 53 | (28) |  |
Unmet subsistence needs | |||||||||||
 Yes | 104 | (42) | 31 | (30) | 18 | (17) | 25 | (24) | 30 | (29) | 0.94 |
 No | 142 | (58) | 38 | (27) | 26 | (18) | 33 | (23) | 45 | (32) |  |
Sex for money | |||||||||||
 Yes | 23 | (9) | 1 | (4) | 10 | (43) | 8 | (35) | 4 | (17) | 0.0005 |
 No | 223 | (91) | 68 | (30) | 34 | (15) | 50 | (22) | 71 | (32) |  |
Sex for drugs | |||||||||||
 Yes | 15 | (6) | 1 | (7) | 4 | (27) | 6 | (40) | 4 | (27) | 0.12 |
 No | 231 | (94) | 68 | (29) | 40 | (17) | 52 | (23) | 71 | (31) |  |
Heavy drinking | |||||||||||
 Yes | 50 | (20) | 16 | (32) | 11 | (22) | 11 | (22) | 12 | (24) | 0.6 |
 No | 196 | (80) | 53 | (27) | 33 | (17) | 47 | (24) | 63 | (32) |  |
Binge drinking | |||||||||||
 Yes | 96 | (39) | 31 | (32) | 18 | (19) | 19 | (20) | 28 | (29) | 0.55 |
 No | 150 | (61) | 38 | (25) | 26 | (17) | 39 | (26) | 47 | (31) |  |
Injection drug use | |||||||||||
 Yes | 47 | (19) | 18 | (38) | 14 | (30) | 7 | (15) | 8 | (17) | 0.0071 |
 No | 199 | (81) | 51 | (26) | 30 | (15) | 51 | (26) | 67 | (34) |  |
Crack use | |||||||||||
 Yes | 114 | (46) | 38 | (33) | 22 | (19) | 25 | (22) | 29 | (25) | 0.22 |
 No | 132 | (54) | 31 | (23) | 22 | (17) | 33 | (25) | 46 | (35) |  |
Cocaine use | |||||||||||
 Yes | 30 | (12) | 10 | (33) | 5 | (17) | 5 | (17) | 10 | (33) | 0.76 |
 No | 216 | (88) | 59 | (27) | 39 | (18) | 53 | (25) | 65 | (30) |  |
Methamphetamine use | |||||||||||
 Yes | 51 | (21) | 12 | (24) | 11 | (22) | 9 | (18) | 19 | (37) | 0.41 |
 No | 195 | (79) | 57 | (29) | 33 | (17) | 49 | (25) | 56 | (29) |  |
Heroin use | |||||||||||
 Yes | 31 | (13) | 13 | (42) | 10 | (32) | 4 | (13) | 4 | (13) | 0.0074 |
 No | 215 | (87) | 56 | (26) | 34 | (16) | 54 | (25) | 71 | (33) |  |