Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Subjects (mean, standard deviation, range) at Baseline and Follow-Up Testing

Group	Age (yrs)	Education (yrs)	NART IQ†	Lifetime consumption (kg)	Beck Depression Inventory–II	CD4 cell count
Baseline
HIV infection	41.8	14.0		58.4	10.6	527.9
(HIV n = 40)	(9.7)	(2.8)	–	(58.2)	(8.6)	(264.1)
	19 to 59	6 to 19		0 to 247	0 to 36	46 to 1227
Alcoholic	42.8	13.4		847.1	11.7
(ALC n = 38)	(9.4)	(1.9)	–	(703.2)	(9.8)	NA
	22 to 57	8 to 18		33 to 3656	Oto 37
HIV + Alcoholism	44.9	13.0		914.7	12.1	437.0
(HIV + ALC n = 47)	(7.0)	(2.2)	–	(660.0)	(8.2)	(216.1)
	25 to 58	8 to 18		25 to 2861	0 to 30	100 to 1072
Control	40.4	15.0		45.4	2.3
(NC n = 39)	(10.1)	(2.1)	–	(75.0)	(2.9)	NA
	20 to 72	12 to 19		0 to 301	0 to 12
Baseline ANOVAs Post-hoc t-tests	ns	p = 0.0008 ALC = ALC+HIV < NC		p = 0.0001 ALC = HIV + ALC > HIV = NC	p = 0.0001 HIV = ALC = HIV + ALC > NC	ns
Follow-up
HIV infection	44.0	14.0	109.7	60.9	10.3	517.6
(HIV n = 34)	(9.8)	(2.9)	(8.8)	(59.5)	(7.7)	(245.2)
	21 to 60	6 to 19	89 to 121	0 to 248	0 to 34	151 to 1177
Alcoholic	44.4	13.5	108.5	770.0	9.3
(ALC n = 23)	(9.2)	(2.1)	(7.1)	(769.1)	(11.2)	NA
	23 to 58	8 to 18	96 to 121	40 to 3685	0 to 42
HIV + alcoholism	45.7	13.1	106.6	853.9	9.4	469.1
(HIV + ALC n = 37)	(7.4)	(2.3)	(8.3)	(644.9)	(8.0)	(306.8)
	26 to 59	8 to 18	91 to 122	26 to 2609	0 to 26	108 to 1323
Control	42.0	15.1	112.6	51.3	2.5
(NC n = 30)	(10.5)	(2.0)	(1.3)	(87.2)	(4.4)	NA
	21 to 73	12 to 18	92 to 124	0 to 318	0 to 20
Follow-up ANOVAs Post-hoc t-tests		p = 0.0074 ALC = ALC + HIV < NC	p = 0.032 ALC = ALC + HIV < NC	p = 0.0001 ALC = HIV + ALC > HIV = NC	p = 0.0016 HIV = ALC = HIV + ALC > NC	ns

NA = Not applicable.

^†NART, National Adult Reading Test was given at follow-up testing and not at baseline.