Table 1.
Participants’ demographic, disease, and psychiatric characteristics
| Variable | Descriptive statistics (N = 87) |
|---|---|
| Demographic Characteristics | |
| Age (years) | 45.9 (8.8) |
| Education (years) | 13.8 (2.8) |
| Estimated Verbal IQa | 105.8 (13.0) |
| Sex (% women) | 10.3 |
| Ethnicity (% Caucasian) | 70.1 |
| HIV Disease Characteristics | |
| Duration of infection (years) | 14.1 (7.0) |
| Current CD4 count (cells/μl) | 567.5 (315.6) |
| Plasma HIV RNA (log10) | 1.9 (0.8) |
| AIDS diagnoses (%) | 59.8 |
| cART (%) | 98.9 |
| Hepatitis C co-infection (%)b | 12.2 |
| Duration of current ARV regimen (months) | 26.0 (33.4) |
| Pill burden (total no. prescribed medications) | 7.3 (4.2) |
| Total no. ARVs | 3.9 (1.0) |
| Total no. nonARVs | 3.3 (3.9) |
| Psychiatric Characteristics | |
| Lifetime substance dependence (%)c | 55.3 |
| Alcohol | 31.0 |
| Cocaine | 21.2 |
| Marijuana | 11.5 |
| Methamphetamine | 27.6 |
| Major depressive disorder (%) | |
| Currentd | 8.2 |
| Lifetime | 45.9 |
| Generalized anxiety disorder (%) | |
| Currentd | 2.4 |
| Lifetime | 7.1 |
Note. Data are presented as means and standard deviations, unless otherwise indicated. CD4 = cluster of differentiation 4; cART = combination antiretroviral therapy; ARV = antiretroviral.
a
Verbal IQ was derived from the Wechsler Test of Adult Reading (WTAR; M = 100, SD = 15).
b
N = 82.
c
Denotes a lifetime DSM-IV diagnosis of dependence on any substance.
d
Refers to the proportion of individuals who met DSM-IV criteria within the month prior to evaluation.