Table 1.
Cohort demographics (n = 97).
| Variable | Non-injectors (n = 50) |
Injectors (n = 47) |
Injectors vs Non-injectors | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIV− (n = 14) | HIV+(n = 36) | P | HIV− (n = 35) | HIV+ (n = 12) | P | P | |
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| Demographic | |||||||
| Age (ys) | 43.5 (5.5) | 48 (10.25) | 0.0288 | 44 (12) | 49 (12) | 0.1678 | 0.6884 |
| Male gender | 4 (29%) | 15 (42%) | 0.5218 | 31 (89%) | 11 (92%) | >0.9999 | <0.0001 |
| Married currently | 7 (50%) | 5 (14%) | 0.0225 | 4 (11%) | 6 (50%) | 0.0104 | 0.8114 |
| Attended some college | 13 (93%) | 15 (42%) | 0.0012 | 8 (23%) | 4 (33%) | 0.4708 | 0.0036 |
| Employed | 11 (79%) | 10 (28%) | 0.0016 | 3 (9%) | 2 (17%) | 0.5904 | 0.0005 |
| Homeless in the past year | 0 (0%) | 6 (17%) | 0.1670 | 24 (69%) | 4 (33%) | 0.0445 | <0.0001 |
| Homeless currently | 0 (0%) | 3 (8%) | 0.5500 | 13 (37%) | 0 (0%) | 0.0209 | 0.0055 |
| Sleep/night (h) | 7 (0.88) | 7.5 (2.13) | 0.4804 | 5.5 (2.75) | 6.5 (3.5) | 0.2022 | 0.0003 |
| Exercise/wk (d) | 2 (2) | 1 (3) | 0.4505 | 2 (4.5) | 3 (3.5) | 0.5421 | 0.2201 |
| HCV | |||||||
| Self-report past testing | 10 (71%) | 28 (78%) | 0.7060 | 32 (91%) | 12 (100%) | 0.5597 | 0.0233 |
| Ever tested positive | 0 (0%) | 8 (29%) | 0.0786 | 23 (72%) | 12 (100%) | 0.0821 | <0.0001 |
| HIV | |||||||
| Viral load (cps/mL) | ... | 1,600 (2 × 104) | ... | ... | 1,900 (1 × 104) | ... | 0.4000 |
| Undetectablea | ... | 33 (92%) | ... | ... | 8 (67%) | ... | 0.0552 |
| ART current | ... | 34 (94%) | ... | ... | 11 (92%) | ... | >0.9999 |
| Always adhering | ... | 31 (91%) | ... | ... | 6 (55%) | ... | 0.0141 |
Continuous variables are shown as median with interquartile range and compared using Mann-Whitney tests. Categorical data are shown as counts with percentages (%) and compared using Fisher’s exact tests. The P values are italicized and significant P values are bolded.
a
Undetectable HIV-1 plasma viral load is defined as <70 copies/mL.