Table 5.

Reasons for not taking HIV medications among people living with HIV/AIDS in relation to believing that there is a debate among scientists as to whether HIV causes AIDS.

	Does not believe there is a debate HIV causing AIDS (N = 81)		Believes there is a debate whether HIV causes AIDS (N = 59)
Characteristic	N	%	N	%	Adj OR	95%CI
Provider recommendations
Doctor said to wait	40	49	28	48	1.0	0.5–2.2
T-cells are too high	32	41	19	32	0.5	0.2–1.2
Viral load is too low	24	30	17	29	0.8	0.3–1.9
Doctor said developed resistance	11	14	9	15	1.5	0.4–3.5
Tolerance issues
Taking a treatment break	20	25	16	27	1.3	0.5–3.1
Medications make me feel sick	8	10	9	15	2.8	0.9–9.4
I cannot afford medications	14	18	9	15	1.0	0.4–2.8
Denialism-related
Simply do not want to take HIV medications	18	23	19	33	2.3*	1.0–5.3
Do not trust HIV medications and choosing not to take them	13	16	16	28	2.6*	1.1–6.6

Note: analyses adjusted for years since testing HIV positive, sexual orientation, education, and AIDS knowledge;

^*p < .05

** p < .01.