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

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.