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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 7.
Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2005;67(6):1013–1021. doi: 10.1097/01.psy.0000188569.58998.c8

TABLE 1.

Background and Medical Information

Demographics (n = 177), variable Medical Information Variable
Gender Immune measures
  CD4 (cells/mm3).
  Male 70.1%   M 296.71
  Female 29.9%   SD 102.45
Age Viral load
  M 37.49   M 44,861.42
  SD 8.88   SD 120,118.81
Ethnicity Antiretroviral medication
  Non-Hispanic white 30.5%   None 23.2%
  African American 36.2%   Combination therapy (non-HAART) 20.3%
  Hispanic white 28.2%   HAART 56.5%
  Other 5.1% Past STDs
Education   M 1.18
  Some high school or less 18.1%   SD 1.18
  High school graduate 13.7%
  Trade school/some college 40.7% Medication adherence (average % of missed doses in past 3 days)
  College graduate 18.7%   M 0.099
  SD 0.173
  Graduate degree 8.8%
Employment History of substance abuse or dependence
  Full time 18.6%   Alcohol 36.2%
  Sedatives 7.6%
  Part time 13.6%   Cannabis 23.8%
  Unemployed 15.3%   Cocaine 31.0%
  Disability 42.2%   Opioids 5.7%
  Other 10.2%   Hallucinogens 3.1%
Income   Other drugs 1.3%
  Less than $5,000/yr 32.6% Route of infection
  $5,000-$10,000/yr 29.0%   Gay/bisexual sex 50.6%
  $10,000-$20,000/yr 19.4%   Heterosexual sex 38.1%
  Greater than $20,000/yr 19.0%   IV drug use 4.5%
Sexual orientation   Multiple 3.4%
  Homosexual/bisexual 54.8%   Other 3.4%
  Heterosexual 45.2% Sleep (hrs/night in past week)
  M 7.00
  SD 1.71
Exercise (hrs/week in past month)
  M 4.51
  SD 5.39