Table 1 Characteristics of Karaj prison participants with positive HCV RNA testing
| Â | Total | People attended SVRÂ visit |
|---|---|---|
Characteristics, n % | n = 60 | n = 23 |
Age, median (IQR) | 38 (34, 44) | 39 (34, 45) |
Male sex | 60 (100%) | 23 (100%) |
Drug-related sentences | 38 (73.1%) | 13 (61.9%) |
History of incarceration | 19 (63.3%) | 7 (53.8%) |
Mean incarceration days†(SD) | 92 (147) | 114 (158) |
Sexual orientation | Â | Â |
 Heterosexual | 53 (91.4%) | 20 (95.2%) |
 Homo/bisexual | 5 (8.6%) | 1 (4.8%) |
Education | Â | Â |
 Did not finish high school | 49 (81.7%) | 16 (69.6%) |
 Finished high school | 10 (16.7%) | 7 (30.4%) |
 Higher education | 1 (1.7%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Employment | Â | Â |
 Unemployed | 38 (63.3%) | 8 (44.4%) |
 Part-time | 13 (21.7%) | 6 (33.3%) |
 Full-time | 9 (15.0%) | 4 (22.2%) |
Monthly income | Â | Â |
 Minimum wage or below | 39 (65.0%) | 14 (60.9%) |
 Living wage | 10 (16.7%) | 5 (21.7%) |
 Above living wage | 11 (18.3%) | 4 (17.4%) |
Place of residence | Â | Â |
 Own house | 4 (8.9%) | 2 (10.5%) |
 Rental/Parents house | 30 (66.7%) | 13 (68.4%) |
 Homeless | 11 (24.4%) | 4 (21.1%) |
Number of housings within 6Â months | Â | Â |
 One | 43 (72.9%) | 16 (72.7%) |
 Two or more | 15 (25.4%) | 6 (27.3%) |
Lived with PWID‡ within 6 months |  |  |
 Never | 23 (40.4%) | 10 (45.5%) |
 Less than half the time | 4 (7.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
 Half the time or more | 30 (52.6%) | 12 (54.6%) |
Number of friends with drug use | Â | Â |
 None | 10 (18.2%) | 3 (14.3%) |
 Less than half | 8 (14.6%) | 4 (19.1%) |
 Half or more | 37 (67.3%) | 14 (66.7%) |
Feeling of anxiety or depression | 46 (79.3%) | 16 (72.7%) |
Sense of well-being§, mean (SD) | 63 (19) | 68 (21) |