Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection and its related risk factors in drug abuser prisoners in Hamedan - Iran

Table 1 Demographic characteristics and their association with HCV seropositivity among drug abuser inmates, Hamedan, Iran

Variable	Total (n = 427)		HCV positive1 (n = 128)2
	n	%	n	%
Sex
Male	397	93	119	93
Female	30	7	9	7
Age group (yr)
<20	5	1.2	2	1.6
20-29	83	19.6	26	20.4
30-39	148	34.9	45	35.1
40-49	136	32.1	43	33.5
50-59	41	9.7	11	8.6
60 or more	11	2.6	1	0.8
Marital status
Single	136	31.9	48	37.5
Married	291	68.1	80	62.5
Education level
Uneducated	141	33	32	25
Primary school	191	44.8	60	46.9
High school	89	20.8	33	25.8
University	6	1.4	3	2.3
Total	427	100	128	30

¹We found no significant statistical difference.

²Basis of numbers and %s may be slightly smaller due to missing values.

Table 2 Behavioral characteristics and their association with HCV seropositivity among drug Abuser prisoners in Hamedan, Iran

Variable	Total (n = 427)	HCV positive1 (n = 128)2
	n (%)	n (%)	P	(OR, 95%CI)3
Months of imprisonment			0.02
<12	49 (12.5)	11 (22.4)
12-23	75 (19.1)	26 (34.7)
24-35	70 (17.9)	19 (27.1)
36-47	57 (14.5)	14 (24.6)
48-59	42 (10.7)	13 (31)
60-71	21 (5.4)	7 (33.3)
72-83	25 (6.4)	10 (40)
84-95	9 (2.3)	1 (11.1)
96-107	6 (1.5)	5 (83.3)
108-119	2 (0.5)	2 (100)
>120	36 (9.2)	8 (22.2)
History of blood transfusion			0.1	(1.5, 0.8-2.8)
No	300 (89)	110 (28.9)
Yes	47 (11)	18 (38.3)
History of phlebotomy			0.7	(1.1, 0.5-2.2)
No	387 (90.6)	115 (29.7)
Yes	40 (9.4)	13 (32.5)
History of getting wounded			0.4	(0.8, 0.5-1.2)
No	238 (55.7)	75 (31.5)
Yes	189 (44.3)	53 (28)
History of STD4			0.5	(1.4, 0.4-3.9)
No	378 (95.9)	113 (29.9)
Yes	16 (4.1)	6 (37.5)
History of tatooing			0.8	(1.05, 0.7-1.6)
No	184 (43.1)	54 (29.3)
Yes	243 (56.9)	74 (30.5)
History of surgery			0.2	(1.3, 0.8-2.01)
No	285 (66.7)	80 (28.1)
Yes	142 (33.3)	48 (33.8)
History of dental procedure			0.9	(0.9, 0.4-2.2)
No	26 (6.1)	8 (30.8)
Yes	401 (93.9)	120 (29.9)
Months of IV drug abuse			0.1	(1.7, 0.9-3)
<12	104 (69.8)	29 (27.9)
12	45 (30.2)	18 (40)
Sharing needles			0.6	(0.8, 0.4-1.7)
No	77 (18.3)	26 (33.8)
Yes	72 (16.8)	22 (30.6)

¹Hepatitis C Virus.

²Basis of numbers and %s may be slightly smaller due to missing values.

³Odds ratio, 95% confidence interval.

⁴Sexually transmitted disease.