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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study population with a hepatitis C viral infection (n = 19)

From: A multicentre interventional study to assess blood-borne viral infections in Belgian prisons

Characteristics

 

n (%)

Birth year (mean ± IQR)

 

1980 ± 1973–1986

Gender (male)

 

19 (100%)

Country of birth (Belgium)

 

15 (78.9%)

Ever lived together with a person having HCV/HBV/HIV (yes)

 

5 (26.3%)

Number of partners with whom there have ever been unsafe sexual contacts (n = 13)

1–4

3 (15.8%)

5–9

3 (15.8%)

> 10

7 (36.8%)

Heroin last 6 months (yes)

 

8 (42.1%)

Ever IDU (yes)

 

18 (94.7%)

OAT in prison (yes)

 

10 (52.6%)

  1. Note: ‘unsafe’ refers to sexual contact without the use of a condom
  2. Abbreviations: IQR interquartile range, HCV hepatitis C virus, HBV hepatitis B virus, IDU injecting drug use, OAT opioid agonist therapy