Emergency department targeted screening for hepatitis C does not improve linkage to care

Table 2 Patient characteristics

	HCV negative (% of patients, n = 524)	HCV positive (% of patients, n = 17)	P value
Males	52	93.8	0.001
Born in the former USSR	77.9	47.1	0.003
PWID	1.1	82.4	< 0.001
Served time in prison	8.6	64.7	< 0.001
HIV	1.7	23.5	< 0.001
MSM	8.4	0.0	0.212
Received blood products prior to 1992	8.4	0.0	0.213
Mother with HCV infection	2.1	0.0	0.546
Received organ transplant prior to 1992	0.2	0.0	0.857
Chronic kidney disease	7.1	5.9	0.85

HCV: Hepatitis C virus; USSR: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; PWID: People who inject drugs; HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus; MSM: Men who have sex with men.