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Table 1 Baseline sociodemographic characteristics, and drug injection-related and sexual behaviors by gender among all participants at their first visit in Aristotle (2012-2013, N=3320 People Who Inject Drugs)

From: High-risk behaviors and their association with awareness of HIV status among participants of a large-scale prevention intervention in Athens, Greece

 

Gender

  

Male

Female

Overall

p-value

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

 

Origin

   

< 0.001

 Other

479 (17.1)

48 (9.4)

527 (15.9)

 

 Greek

2327 (82.9)

465 (90.6)

2792 (84.1)

 

Education, highest level completed

   

< 0.001

 Up to Primary

811 (29.2)

96 (18.8)

907 (27.6)

 

 Middle/Secondary School

871 (31.4)

133 (26.0)

1004 (30.5)

 

 High school

799 (28.8)

173 (33.8)

972 (29.6)

 

 University

294 (10.6)

110 (21.5)

404 (12.3)

 

Homeless

   

0.073

 not homeless

1862 (66.5)

320 (62.4)

2182 (65.9)

 

 homeless in the last year, not now

294 (10.5)

70 (13.6)

364 (11.0)

 

 homeless now

642 (22.9)

123 (24.0)

765 (23.1)

 

Ever having health insurance

   

0.021

 No

1813 (64.9)

304 (59.6)

2117 (64.1)

 

 Yes

979 (35.1)

206 (40.4)

1185 (35.9)

 

Ever participated in OMT

   

< 0.001

 No

2110 (76.1)

312 (61.7)

2422 (73.9)

 

 Yes

661 (23.9)

194 (38.3)

855 (26.1)

 

Ever been in prison

   

< 0.001

 No

1382 (49.4)

311 (60.9)

1693 (51.2)

 

 Yes

1413 (50.6)

200 (39.1)

1613 (48.8)

 

Main substance of use

   

< 0.001

 Heroin

2318 (83.2)

381 (74.7)

2699 (81.9)

 

 Cocaine

361 (13.0)

101 (19.8)

462 (14.0)

 

 Buprenorphine

23 (0.8)

2 (0.4)

25 (0.8)

 

 Sisha/Methamph

16 (0.6)

1 (0.2)

17 (0.5)

 

 Speedball

67 (2.4)

25 (4.9)

92 (2.8)

 

Frequency of injecting drugs in past 12 months

   

0.005

 More than once a day

877 (31.3)

136 (26.5)

1013 (30.6)

 

 Once a day

218 (7.8)

29 (5.7)

247 (7.5)

 

 More than once a week

641 (22.9)

121 (23.6)

762 (23.0)

 

 More than once a month

416 (14.9)

73 (14.2)

489 (14.8)

 

 Less than once a month

647 (23.1)

154 (30.0)

801 (24.2)

 

Receptive syringe sharing on last injection

   

0.131

 No

2080 (79.8)

364 (76.8)

2444 (79.4)

 

 Yes

525 (20.2)

110 (23.2)

635 (20.6)

 

Receptive syringe sharing in past 12 months

   

0.166

 Never

1867 (67.1)

324 (63.7)

2191 (66.5)

 

 Rarely

691 (24.8)

147 (28.9)

838 (25.4)

 

 About half of the times

136 (4.9)

19 (3.7)

155 (4.7)

 

 Most of the times, Always

90 (3.2)

19 (3.7)

109 (3.3)

 

Dividing drugs with a syringe someone else had used before about half of the times or more in the past 12 months

   

0.198

 No

1774 (63.2)

309 (60.2)

2083 (62.8)

 

 Yes

1032 (36.8)

204 (39.8)

1236 (37.2)

 

Frequency of condom use

   

< 0.001

 Always/Usually yes

1251 (56.7)

165 (37.6)

1416 (53.5)

 

 Never/Usually no

957 (43.3)

274 (62.4)

1231 (46.5)

 
 

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

p-value

Median age in years

34.6 (30.3, 41.1)

32.7 (28.9, 38.5)

34.2 (30.1, 40.7)

< 0.001

Duration of injection drug use in years

13.0 (6.0, 19.0)

11.0 (6.0, 17.0)

12.0 (6.0, 18.0)

0.005

  1. IQR interquartile range, OMT opioid maintenance treatment