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Table 1 Demographic and key risk behavior characteristics of male injecting drug users enrolled into a longitudinal cohort study in Kabul, Afghanistan (N = 483)

From: Prevalence and correlates of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B and C infection and harm reduction program use among male injecting drug users in Kabul, Afghanistan: A cross-sectional assessment

Continuous Variables

Mean

Median

IQR

Age (years)

29.6

28

24-33

Level of education (years)

5.3

5

0-7

Age initiated injecting (years)

25.8

24

21 - 29

Duration of injecting (years)

4.0

2

1 - 6

Number of daily injections

5.7

6

5 - 6

Dichotomous Variables

N

%

Ever married

224

46.4

Born in Afghanistan

418

87.1

Lived outside Afghanistan in last 5 years

310

64.7

Employed at enrollment

56

11.7

Prior incarceration

302

63.1

Initiated drug use with injecting

39

8.1

Initiated injecting in the last year

111

23.0

Initiated injection inside Afghanistan

321

66.5

Ever shared needles/syringes

81

16.9

Shared needles/syringes in last 3 months

31

6.4

Ever shared injecting equipment

189

38.4

Shared injecting equipment in last 3 months

132

27.3

Ever inject/re-aspirate blood (khoon bozee)

337

70.2

Prior addiction treatment

70

14.6

Ever paid woman for sex*

177

40.4

Ever had sex with another male*

49

11.1

Ever used condom*

49

11.1

  1. *Of 443 participants ever reporting previous sexual activity.
  2. N = Number
  3. IQR- Interquartile Range