Table 4 Subgroup analyses of risk factors among non-injectors
Reported Behaviors among Non-injectors | HCV Ab neg N = 578 | HCV Ab pos N = 50 | P value |
Ever received a blood transfusion | 95 (16%) | 15 (30%) | 0.02 |
Ever gotten a tattoo | 138 (23%) | 12 (24%) | NS |
Reused crack pipe belonging to others | 262 (64%) | 31 (72%) | NS |
Ever got lesions/burns on lips from smoking cracka | 104 (25%) | 9 (21%) | NS |
Lifetime crack cocaine use | 411 (71%) | 43 (86%) | 0.02 |
Sex under influence of alcohol/drugs | 430 (74%) | 34 (68%) | NS |
Traded sex for drugs, money and other things | 249 (43%) | 29 (58%) | 0.04 |
Snorted cocaine | 102 (18%) | 10 (20%) | NS |