Hepatitis C risk assessment, testing and referral for treatment in urban primary care: Role of race and ethnicity

Table 2 Prevalence of HCV risk factors documented in patient charts by race/ethnicity

	Black		Hispanic		White
	n = 1333		n = 1103		n = 846
HCV risk factor	Info available	With risk factor	Info available	With risk factor	Info available	With risk factor
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
IDU	241 (18)	54 (22)	48 (4.4)e	19 (40)	134 (16)	11 (8.2)
Transfusion	22 (1.7)	7 (32)	11 (1.0)	2 (18)	29 (3.4)	9 (31)
HCV needle stick	1 (0.1)	1 (100)	2 (0.2)	2 (100)	1 (0.1)	1 (100)
History of drug use	957 (72)a	359 (38)b,c	820 (74)a	94 (11)	535 (63)	53 (10)
History of STD	517 (39)b	350 (68)b,c	550 (50)b	185 (34)	164 (19)	53 (32)
History of HIV testing	452 (34)b	390 (86)	396 (36)b	305 (77)a	119 (14)	108 (91)
Tattoos	15 (1.1)	11 (73)	2 (0.2)	1 (50)	21 (2.5)	17 (80)
Piercing	2 (0.2)	0 (0)	1 (0.1)	0 (0)	1 (0.1)	1 (100)
Prostitution	9 (0.7)	6 (67)	3 (0.3)	2 (67)	1 (0.12)	1 (100)
Incarceration	38 (2.8)	36 (95)	12 (1.1)	12 (100)	4 (0.5)	3 (75)

^aP < 0.05 vs whites; ^cP < 0.05 vs Hispanics; ^bP < 0.001 vs whites; ^eP < 0.05 vs blacks and whites.