Prevalence of HCV Infection Among Clients in Community-Based Health Settings in Hawaii, 2002–2010
Assessing Risk Factors
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Objectives. We sought to determine the prevalence of HCV infection and identify risk factors associated with HCV infection among at-risk clients presenting to community-based health settings in Hawaii. Methods. Clients from 23 community-based sites were administered risk factor questionnaires and screened for HCV antibodies from December 2002 through May 2010. We performed univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses. Results. Of 3306 participants included in the analysis, 390 (11.8%) tested antibody positive for HCV. Highest HCV antibody prevalence (17.0%) was in persons 45 to 64 years old compared with all other age groups. Significant independent risk factors were current or prior injection drug use (P Conclusions. Despite Hawaii’s ethnic diversity, high hepatocellular carcinoma incidence, and a statewide syringe exchange program in place since the early 1990s, our HCV prevalence and risk factor findings are remarkably consistent with those reported from the mainland United States. Hence, effective interventions identified from US mainland population studies should be generalizable to Hawaii
Environmental health · Gonorrhea · Hepatitis C · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Incidence (geometry) · Logistic regression · Population · Psychological intervention · Risk factor · Sexual partner · Demography · Hepatitis C virus research · HIV-related health complications and treatments · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Immunology · Internal Medicine · Medicine
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