Table 1 Baseline characteristics of consenting participants
Characteristic | Overall | Enrolled^ | Intervention^ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Col. % | No. | Col. % | No. | Col. % | p | |
Overall | 364 | 100.0 | 101 | 100.0 | 63 | 100.0 | |
Sex | 0.45 | ||||||
Male | 278 | 76.4 | 81 | 80.2 | 52 | 82.5 | |
Female | 86 | 23.6 | 20 | 19.8 | 11 | 17.5 | |
Missing | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Age categorised (years) | 0.58 | ||||||
16–25 | 22 | 6.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.6 | |
26–35 | 79 | 21.7 | 16 | 15.8 | 10 | 15.9 | |
36–45 | 130 | 35.7 | 42 | 41.6 | 23 | 36.5 | |
46–55 | 105 | 28.8 | 35 | 34.7 | 25 | 39.7 | |
56–65 | 27 | 7.4 | 6 | 5.9 | 3 | 4.8 | |
66–75 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.6 | |
Missing | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Ethnicity | 0.59 | ||||||
White other | 173 | 47.5 | 70 | 69.3 | 42 | 66.7 | |
White central/eastern European | 85 | 23.4 | 9 | 8.9 | 6 | 9.5 | |
Indian subcontinent | 5 | 1.4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Black | 72 | 19.8 | 12 | 11.9 | 9 | 14.3 | |
Mixed/other | 27 | 7.4 | 8 | 7.9 | 6 | 9.5 | |
Missing | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
UK born | > 0.99 | ||||||
No | 88 | 24.2 | 23 | 22.8 | 14 | 22.2 | |
Yes | 276 | 75.8 | 78 | 77.2 | 49 | 77.8 | |
Missing | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Use of illicit drugs | 0.56 | ||||||
Absent | 69 | 19.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.6 | |
Present, but unknown what/when | 1 | 0.3 | 21 | 20.8 | 14 | 22.2 | |
Present, previous | 81 | 22.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Present, current non-injecting | 131 | 36.0 | 47 | 46.5 | 26 | 41.3 | |
Present, current injecting | 82 | 22.5 | 32 | 31.7 | 22 | 34.9 | |
Missing | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Homelessness | 0.92 | ||||||
Absent | 51 | 14.0 | 15 | 14.9 | 10 | 15.9 | |
Present, previous | 112 | 30.8 | 51 | 50.5 | 32 | 50.8 | |
Present, current | 200 | 54.9 | 35 | 34.7 | 21 | 33.3 | |
Missing | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Imprisonment | 0.34 | ||||||
Absent | 128 | 35.2 | 16 | 15.8 | 10 | 15.9 | |
Present, > 5 years ago | 103 | 28.3 | 47 | 46.5 | 33 | 52.4 | |
Present, ≤ 5 years ago | 132 | 36.3 | 37 | 36.6 | 20 | 31.7 | |
Missing | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Alcohol-related concerns | 0.68 | ||||||
Absent, not sure or missing | 148 | 40.7 | 45 | 44.6 | 27 | 42.9 | |
Present | 216 | 59.3 | 56 | 55.4 | 36 | 57.1 | |
Smoking | –* | ||||||
Current | 321 | 88.2 | 100 | 99.0 | 62 | 98.4 | |
Ex-smoker | 14 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Missing | 29 | 8.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.6 | |
HIV status | > 0.99 | ||||||
Negative or not sure | 360 | 98.9 | 99 | 98.0 | 62 | 98.4 | |
Positive | 4 | 1.1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.6 | |
HBV vaccination status | 0.81 | ||||||
Not vaccinated or not sure | 137 | 37.6 | 24 | 23.8 | 16 | 25.4 | |
One or more doses | 227 | 62.4 | 77 | 76.2 | 47 | 74.6 | |
Previous testing | 0.29 | ||||||
Not tested or not sure | 92 | 25.3 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 6.3 | |
Yes, for HBV or HCV | 272 | 74.7 | 97 | 96.0 | 59 | 93.7 | |
Previous diagnosis | 0.79 | ||||||
Not diagnosed or not sure | 228 | 62.6 | 19 | 18.8 | 11 | 17.5 | |
Yes, for HBV, HCV or liver disease | 136 | 37.4 | 82 | 81.2 | 52 | 82.5 | |
‘Known positive’ at the time of recruitment | 0.54 | ||||||
No | 310 | 85.2 | 47 | 46.5 | 31 | 49.2 | |
Yes | 54 | 14.8 | 54 | 53.5 | 32 | 50.8 | |
HCV point-of-care test result | |||||||
Negative | 224 | 61.5 | |||||
Positive | 136 | 37.4 | |||||
Not done (refused) | 3 | 0.8 | |||||
Borderline | 1 | 0.3 | |||||
HBV point-of-care test result | |||||||
Negative | 306 | 84.1 | |||||
Positive | 3 | 0.8 | |||||
Not done (refused) | 46 | 12.6 | |||||
Test failed | 9 | 2.5 | |||||
HIV point-of-care test result | |||||||
Negative | 334 | 91.8 | |||||
Positive | 3 | 0.8 | |||||
Not done (refused) | 27 | 7.4 | |||||