Higher risk of incident hepatitis C virus among young women who inject drugs compared with young men in association with sexual relationships: a prospective analysis from the UFO Study cohort
| Autor: | Meghan D. Morris, Paula J. Lum, Jennifer L. Evans, Judith A. Hahn, Alya Briceno, Kimberly Page, Daniel Tracy, Crystal Fuller Lewis |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Gerontology
Male medicine.medical_specialty Epidemiology Hepatitis C virus Sexual Behavior Context (language use) medicine.disease_cause Risk Assessment Gee Cohort Studies 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Risk-Taking medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Prospective Studies Sex Distribution Substance Abuse Intravenous business.industry Proportional hazards model Incidence (epidemiology) Public health Research Incidence virus diseases General Medicine Hepatitis C digestive system diseases 3. Good health Cohort 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Female Public Health business Demography |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Open |
| ISSN: | 2044-6055 |
| Popis: | Background: Female injection drug users (IDUs) may report differences in injection behaviours that put them at greater risk for hepatitis C virus (HCV). Few studies have examined these in association with HCV incidence. Methods: Longitudinal data from a cohort of 417 HCV-uninfected IDU aged 30 or younger were analysed. Cox proportional hazards was used to model female sex as a predictor of new HCV infection. General estimating equation (GEE) analysis was used to model female sex as a predictor of HCV-associated risk behaviour prospectively. Results: Women were significantly more likely than men to become infected with HCV during study followup (HR 1.4, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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