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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychology. 2011 Sep;25(5):645–654. doi: 10.1037/a0023792

Table 1.

Demographic and Psychiatric Characteristics of the Study Participants

Variable HIV− (n = 40) HIV+ (n = 126) p
Demographic Characteristics
 Age (years) 43.4 (2.1) 45.1 (7.8) 0.32
 Education (years) 14.5 (1.9) 14.2 (2.4) 0.51
 Sex (% male) 52.5 88.9 <0.0001
 Ethnicity (% Caucasian) 52.5 60.3 0.38
 Estimated verbal IQ a 105.3 (11.1) 105 (11.9) 0.91
Psychiatric Characteristics b
 Lifetime Major Depressive Disorder (%) 32.5 48.4 0.07
 Lifetime Generalized Anxiety Disorder (%) 5.0 5.6 0.89
 Lifetime Substance Use Disorders
  Alcohol dependence 22.5 33.3 0.20
  Methamphetamine dependence 17.5 23.8 0.40
  Cannabis dependence 7.5 10.3 0.60
  Opioid dependence 0.0 3.2 0.57
  Cocaine dependence 10.0 20.6 0.13
  Other substance dependence c 5.0 6.3 0.75

Note.

a

Based on the WTAR Verbal IQ Estimate;

b

based on Fisher’s Exact Test;

c

other substance dependence = hallucinogens, inhalants, and sedatives