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Table 1 Baseline demographics and disease characteristics

From: Predictors of hepatitis C treatment outcomes in a harm reduction-focused primary care program in New York City

Total n (%)

Treatment completion (n = 329)

P value

Return for SVR 12 test (n = 302)

P value

Yes

No

 

Yes

No

302 (92)

27 (8)

 

226 (75)

76 (25)

 

Age

Mean

53.5

53.2

0.882

54.3

51.3

0.059

Range

20–77

36–82

 

24–77

20–70

 

20–30

19 (6)

0 (0)

0.36

11 (5)

8 (11)

0.076

31–50

85 (28)

11 (41)

 

62 (27)

23 (30)

 

51–70

187 (62)

15 (56)

 

142 (63)

45 (60)

 

71–82

11 (4)

1 (4)

 

11 (5)

0 (0)

 

Gender n (%)

  

0.862

  

0.53

Male, n (%)

219 (73)

20 (74)

 

166 (73)

53 (70)

 

Female, n (%)

83 (27)

7 (26)

 

60 (27)

23 (30)

 

Race/ethnicity

  

0.71

  

0.854

African American or Black, n (%)

71 (24)

4 (15)

 

54 (24)

17 (22)

 

Hispanic, n (%)

117 (39)

13 (48)

 

85 (37)

32 (42)

 

White, n (%)

58 (19)

5 (19)

 

43 (19)

15 (20)

 

Other, n (%)

56 (19)

5 (19)

 

44 (19)

12 (16)

 

Cirrhotic, n (%)

58 (19)

6 (22)

0.704

50 (22)

8 (11)

0.026

Insurance type

 

0.525

 

0.033

  

Private, n (%)

12 (4)

2 (7)

 

11 (5)

1 (1)

 

Medicaid, n (%)

207 (69)

21 (78)

 

145 (64)

62 (82)

 

Medicare, n (%)

43 (14)

1 (4)

 

39 (17)

4 (5)

 

Medicare + medicaid, n (%)

39 (13)

3 (11)

 

30 (13)

9 (12)

 

Uninsured, n (%)

1 (0)

0 (0)

 

1 (0)

0 (0)

 

Uses medicaid, n (%)

246 (81)

24 (89)

0.33

175 (77)

71 (93)

0.002

HIV coinfection, n (%)

8 (3)

2 (7)

0.168

4 (2)

4 (5)

0.101

Diabetes, n (%)

47 (16)

3 (11)

0.537

42 (19)

5 (7)

0.013

Other comorbidity, n (%)

182 (60)

14 (52)

0.393

146 (64)

36 (47)

0.008

Current substance use, n (%)

90 (30)

10 (37)

0.434

65 (29)

25 (33)

0.496

Current psychiatric Illness, n (%)

82 (27)

10 (37)

0.273

66 (29)

16 (21)

0.167

Lifetime substance use, n (%)

282 (93)

25 (93)

0.129

208 (92)

74 (97)

0.106

Lifetime psychiatric Illness, n (%)

253 (84)

24 (89)

0.141

186 (82)

67 (88)

0.231

Housing status

  

0.003

  

0.777

Stable, n (%)

243 (80)

15 (56)

 

181 (80)

62 (82)

 

Unstable, n (%)

59 (20)

12 (44)

 

45 (20)

14 (18)

 

Incarceration history

  

0.166

  

0.831

 < 5 Years ago, n (%)

64 (21)

10 (37)

 

48 (21)

16 (21)

 

 > 5 years ago, n (%)

159 (53)

11 (41)

 

117 (52)

42 (55)

 

Never, n (%)

79 (26)

6 (22)

 

61 (27)

18 (24)

 

Methadone use, n (%)

196 (65)

20 (74)

0.336

138 (61)

58 (76)

0.016

  1. Statistically significant p-values (p-value < 0.05) were bolded