Table 2

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics for participants stratified by test results for latent tuberculosis infection and hepatitis B and C

	All	QuantiFERON-TB Gold positive		Hep B positive*		Hep C positive†
	n	n	%	n	%	n	%
All	491	81	16.5	58	11.9	64	13.0
Age (years)
18–29	69	8	11.6	6	8.7	3	4.3
30–49	257	39	15.2	28	10.9	43	16.7
50+	165	34	20.6	24	14.5	18	10.9
Sex
Female	54	4	7.4	5	9.3	3	5.6
Male	437	77	17.6	53	12.1	61	14.0
Born in the UK
Yes	305	29	9.5	29	9.5	50	16.4
No	186	52	28.0	29	15.6	14	7.5
Total time spent homeless
<1 year	48	8	16.7	6	12.5	4	8.3
1 year	135	18	13.3	16	11.9	13	9.6
2–3 years	141	28	19.9	19	13.5	11	7.8
>3 years	167	27	16.2	17	10.2	36	21.6
Has ever spent time in prison
No	218	35	16.1	27	12.4	12	5.5
Yes	263	45	17.1	30	11.4	50	19.0
Missing	10	1		1		2
Illicit drug usage
Neither	298	44	14.8	27	9.1	13	4.4
Has ever smoked heroin/crack	107	20	18.7	14	13.1	5	4.7
Has ever injected drugs	86	17	19.8	17	19.8	46	53.5
Case currently smokes cigarettes
No	97	18	18.6	10	10.3	2	2.1
Yes	394	63	16.0	48	12.2	62	15.7
Participant or health worker ever been concerned about drinking
No	275	51	18.5	30	10.9	24	8.7
Yes	202	28	13.9	25	12.4	36	17.8
Missing	14	2		3		4

↵*Sum of current and past hepatitis B.
↵†Sum of current and past hepatitis C.
Note: HIV data not included to reduce risk of deductive disclosure. Hep, hepatitis.