Model parameter | Data | Source |
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P(HCV|PWID, Malay) | 293/427 (68.6%) | PWID not in treatment; calculated from Reference [2] |
P(HCV|PWID, Chinese) | 27/45 (60.6%) | |
P(HCV|PWID, Other) | 33/54 (60.6%) | |
P(PWID) | 2.22% | Multi-state Markov model (Additional file 1: Appendix A) |
Males | 97.6% of P(PWID) | Criminal justice data [26] |
P(PWID, Malay) | 427/526 (81.2%) | Ethnicity distribution of PWID from Reference [2] |
P(PWID, Chinese) | 45/526 (8.6%) | |
P(PWID, Other) | 54/526 (10.3%) | |
Females | 2.4% of P(PWID) | Criminal justice data [26] |
Males | Â | Â |
P(HCV|nonPWID, Malay) | 28/1713 (1.63%) | Blood donors [19] |
P(HCV|nonPWID, Chinese) | 22/1373 (1.60%) | |
P(HCV|nonPWID, Other) | 3/454 (0.66%) | |
Females | Â | Â |
Ratio (φ) of: P(HCV|nonPWID, female) to P(HCV|nonPWID, male) | 55/1716 [males] | Blood donors in Thailand [23] |
8/451 [females] | ||
200/51414 [males] | Blood donors in Singapore [22] | |
41/13758 [females] | ||
P(HIV|HCV) | 40/113 (35%) | PWID in the Malaysian fisherman community [28] |