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Table 3 HCV/HIV status among participants at the Miami IDEA syringe exchange

From: Baseline differences in characteristics and risk behaviors among people who inject drugs by syringe exchange program modality: an analysis of the Miami IDEA syringe exchange

Characteristics

Sample total n (%)

Fixed site n (%)

Mobile van unit n (%)

p value

Total

718 (100.0)

591 (82.3)

127 (17.7)

 

Prior HCV status

 Negative

340 (54.2)

304 (56.1)

36 (42.9)

0.040

 Positive

266 (42.4)

222 (41.0)

44 (52.4)

 Unknown

21 (3.3)

16 (3.0)

5 (5.9)

HCV test result

 Positive

69 (28.5)

59 (27.6)

10 (35.7)

0.370

 Negative

173 (71.5)

155 (72.4)

18 (64.3)

Prior HIV status

 Negative

584 (88.1)

516 (88.7)

68 (83.95)

0.412

 Positive

70 (10.6)

58 (10.0)

12 (14.81)

 Unknown

9 (1.4)

8 (1.4)

1 (1.23)

HIV test result

 Positive

2 (0.6)

2 (0.70)

0 (0.0)

0.608

 Negative

344 (99.4)

304 (99.4)

40 (100.0)

Currently in HIV treatment, if HIV positive

 Yes

48 (82.8)

39 (83.0)

9 (81.8)

0.927

 No

10 (17.2)

8 (17.0)

2 (18.2)