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Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2022 Oct 30;27(6):1741–1756. doi: 10.1007/s10461-022-03906-z

Table 2.

Syndemic problems descriptive statistics

Variable Mean (SD) [observed range] Above cut-off N (%)
Depression 13.1 (13.31) [0–55] Yes   64 (33.2)
No 129 (66.8)
Substance Use 1.29 (6.22) [0–60] Yes   16 (8.2)
No 178 (91.8)
Alcohol Use 7.45 (9.86) [0–36] Yes   69 (35.8)
No 124 (64.2)
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Yes   58 (29.9)
No 136 (70.1)
Post-Traumatic Stress 3.56 (4.29) [0–16] Yes   60 (31.1)
No 133 (68.9)
Social Anxiety 3.74 (3.33) [0–12] Yes   66 (34)
No 128 (66)
Food Insecurity 9.35 (6.61) [0–27] Yes 158 (81.4)
No   36 (18.6)
Poverty Yes   57 (29.5)
No 136 (70.5)
Housing Instability 0.4 (0.76) [0–5] Yes   14 (7.3)
No 179 (92.7)
Structural Barriers to Care 3.28 (5.43) [0–37] Yes   88 (46.1)
No 103 (53.9)
Additive syndemic sum score N (%) Binned syndemic sum score N (%)

0 13 (6.8) 0–1 33 (17.2)
1 21 (10.4) 2–3 69 (35.9)
2 39 (20.3) 4–5 63 (32.8)
3 30 (15.6) 6 or more 27 (14.1)
4 38 (19.8)
5 25 (13.0)
6 17 (8.9)
7   7 (3.7)
8   2 (1.0)
9   1 (0.5)