Table 1: Participant sociodemographic
characteristics and risk factors for HBV infection presented by risk group.
|
Risk
Factors |
Total N = 860
(%) |
PLWHA n = 402
(%) |
MSM n = 109 (%) |
Liver
disease n = 21(%) |
Substance
users n = 249 (%) |
FCSW n = 79 (%) |
|
Sex Male Female |
388 (45.2%) 471 (54.8%) |
139 (34.6%) 263 (65.4%) |
109 (100%) 0 |
12 (57.1%) 9 (42.9%) |
128 (51.6%) 121 (48.4%) |
0 79 (100%) |
|
Mean Age
(SD) |
35.2 (11.5) |
36.8 (11.6) |
32.9 (11.3) |
32.4 (10.6) |
34.9 (11.6) |
31.6 (10.6) |
|
Marital
status Single Married Separated/divorced/widowed |
324 (37.7%) 371 (43.1%) 165 (19.2%) |
139
(34.6%) 167 (41.5%) 96 (23.9%) |
51 (46.8%) 29 (26.6%) 29 (26.6%) |
9 (42.9%) 8 (38.1%) 4 (19.1%) |
80 (32.1%) 141 (56.6%) 28 (11.2%) |
45 (57.0%) 26 (32.9%) 8 (10.1%) |
|
Injection Drug
users |
50 (5.8%) |
11 (2.7%) |
3 (2.8%) |
3 (14.3%) |
29 (11.6%) |
4 (5.1%) |
|
Inhalation Drug
users |
217 (25.2%) |
38 (9.5%) |
8 (7.3%) |
7 (33.3%) |
91 (36.6%) |
6 (7.6%) |
|
History of liver
disease |
19 (2.2%) |
6 (1.5%) |
1 (0.9%) |
1 (4.8%) |
7 (2.8%) |
4 (5.1%) |
|
Contact with
jaundiced persons |
267 (31.1%) |
92 (22.9%) |
34 (31.2%) |
6 (28.6%) |
107 (43.0%) |
28 (35.4%) |
|
Needle/blood
exposure |
154 (17.9%) |
81 (20.2%) |
26 (23.9%) |
1 (4.8%) |
13 (5.2%) |
33 (41.8%) |
|
Persons with
history of incarceration |
273 (31.7%) |
88 (21.9%) |
32 (29.4%) |
7 (33.3%) |
131 (52.6%) |
15 (19.0%) |
|
Sexually active |
846 (98.4%) |
401 (99.8%) |
104 (95.4%) |
21 (100%) |
246 (98.8%) |
74 (93.7%) |
|
Always used a
condom |
104 (12.1%) |
63 (15.7%) |
14 (12.8%) |
2 (9.5%) |
2 (0.8%) |
23 (29.1%) |
|
Never used
condom |
213 (24.8%) |
92 (22.9%) |
18 (16.5%) |
8 (38.1%) |
88 (35.3%) |
7 (8.9%) |
|
Had history of
sexual assault |
39 (4.5%) |
20 (5.0%) |
3 (2.7%) |
1 (4.8%) |
8 (3.2%) |
7 (8.9%) |
|
Tattoos/ body
piercings/traditional marks |
430 (50.0%) |
220 (54.7%) |
37 (33.9%) |
12 (57.1%) |
132 (53.0%) |
29 (36.7%) |
|
Traditionally
circumcised |
265 (30.8%) |
118 (73.3%) |
40 (61.5%) |
9 (75.0%) |
80 (65.0%) |
18 (46.1%) |
PLWHA: People living with HIV/AIDS; MSM: Men
who have sex with men; FCSW: Female commercial sex workers.