Table 2.
Baseline Clinical and Substance Use Characteristics (All Patients and Based on Alcohol-related Category)
| Characteristic | All Patients (N= 2446) |
Low-risk Drinkers (n=1677) |
Unhealthy Drinkers (n= 769) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current illicit drug use, % (n) | 18.67% (457) | 11.0% (184) | 35.5% (273) | <0.001 |
| Alcohol abuse or dependence, % (n) | 9.8% (240) | 0% (0) | 31.2% (240) | <0.001 |
| AUDIT score, mean (SD) (range) | 4.3 (4.2) (0–16) | 2 (1.8) (0–6) | 9.2 (3.8) (0–16) | <0.001 |
| Depression % (n) | <0.001 | |||
| None | 56.1% (1372) | 60.7% (1018) | 46.0% (354) | |
| Mild | 23.4% (573) | 22.1% (370) | 26.4% (573) | |
| Moderate | 9.8% (239) | 7.9% (132) | 13.9% (107) | |
| Moderate-severe | 6.5% (159) | 5.6% (94) | 8.4% (65) | |
| Severe | 4.2% (103) | 3.7% (63) | 5.2% (40) | |
| PHQ-9 score, mean (SD) (range) | 5.5 (6.1) (0–27) | 5 (5.9) (0–27) | 6.7 (6.5) (0–27) | <0.001 |
| Taking SSRI, %, (n) | 19.5% (478) | 16.1% (270) | 27.0% (208) | <0.001 |
| Clinic | 0.081 | |||
| General Medicine, % (n) | 45.2% (1107) | 44.1% (739) | 47.8% (368) | |
| Infectious Disease(HIV), % (n) | 54.7% (1339) | 55.9% (938) | 52.11% (401) | |
| Antiretroviral medication adherence, % (n) (for HIV+ patients) | 0.13 | |||
| Adherent | 21.7% (532) | 23.0% (384) | 19.2% (148) | |
| Not adherent | 21.2% (520) | 21.8% (366) | 20.0% (154) | |
| Not on medication | 11.7% (287) | 11.2% (188) | 12.9% (368) | |
| CD4 count, mean (SD) (range) (for HIV+ patients) | 415.9 (269.8) (2–1900) | 414.4 (269.3) (1–1900) | 419.7 (271.3) (3–1467) | 0.585 |
| HIV log RNA, mean (SD) (range) (for HIV+ patients) | 3.1 (1.3) (1.7–5.9) | 3.1 (1.3) (1.7–5.9) | 3.1 (1.3) (1.7–5.9) | 0.889 |