Table 4.
Sociodemographic, Behavioral, and Clinical Characteristics by Number of Multimorbid Conditions (N = 1262)
| No. of multimorbid conditions |
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| 0 (n = 253) | 1 (n = 398) | 2 (n = 349) | ≥3 (n = 262) | ||
| (20.0%) | (31.5%) | (27.7%) | (20.8%) | P valuea | |
| Age, median in years (IQR) | 46.7 (40.3–51.0) | 48.6 (43.0–53.3) | 49.5 (44.5–54.0) | 52.0 (46.5–55.7) | <.001 |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 167 (66.0) | 267 (67.1) | 218 (62.5) | 169 (64.5) | .596 |
| Female | 86 (34.0) | 131 (32.9) | 131 (37.5) | 93 (35.5) | |
| Race | |||||
| White/other | 49 (19.4) | 54 (13.6) | 28 (8.02) | 26 (9.92) | <.001 |
| African-American | 204 (80.6) | 344 (86.4) | 321 (92.0) | 236 (90.1) | |
| Marital statusb | |||||
| Never married | 170 (67.5) | 267 (67.1) | 228 (65.7) | 156 (59.8) | .202 |
| Ever married | 82 (32.5) | 131 (32.9) | 119 (34.3) | 105 (40.2) | |
| Employedc | |||||
| No | 194 (76.7) | 298 (75.1) | 275 (79.0) | 200 (76.6) | .649 |
| Yes | 59 (23.3) | 99 (24.9) | 73 (21.0) | 61 (23.4) | |
| Homelessc | |||||
| No | 211 (83.7) | 341 (85.9) | 289 (82.8) | 235 (90.4) | .052 |
| Yes | 41 (16.3) | 56 (14.1) | 60 (17.2) | 25 (9.62) | |
| Cigarette smokerc | |||||
| No | 30 (11.9) | 58 (14.8) | 61 (17.7) | 62 (23.9) | .046 |
| Yes | 63 (25.0) | 88 (22.4) | 82 (23.8) | 61 (23.6) | |
| No. of alcoholic drinks/dayc | |||||
| 0 | 112 (44.3) | 180 (45.2) | 191 (54.7) | 133 (50.8) | .158 |
| 1–2 | 80 (31.6) | 117 (29.4) | 84 (24.1) | 65 (24.8) | |
| 3–4 | 44 (17.4) | 63 (15.8) | 48 (13.8) | 38 (14.5) | |
| ≥5 | 17 (6.72) | 38 (9.55) | 26 (7.45) | 26 (7.45) | |
| Drug userc | |||||
| No | 80 (31.6) | 148 (37.2) | 174 (49.9) | 134 (51.2) | <.001 |
| Noninjection only | 51 (20.2) | 75 (18.8) | 58 (16.6) | 45 (17.2) | |
| Injection only | 36 (14.2) | 59 (14.8) | 52 (14.9) | 30 (11.5) | |
| Both | 86 (34.0) | 116 (29.2) | 65 (18.6) | 53 (20.2) | |
| Depressive symptoms | |||||
| CES-D <23 | 202 (79.8) | 317 (79.7) | 272 (77.9) | 197 (75.5) | .566 |
| CES-D ≥23 | 51 (20.2) | 81 (20.4) | 77 (22.1) | 64 (24.5) | |
| HIV status | |||||
| HIV negative | 203 (80.2) | 307 (77.1) | 235 (67.3) | 155 (59.2) | <.001 |
| HIV positive | 50 (19.8) | 91 (22.9) | 114 (32.7) | 107 (40.8) | |
Data represent no. (%) unless otherwise indicated.
Abbreviations: CES-D, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; IQR, interquartile range.
a
P values are from Pearson’s χ2 for categorical variables and from a Hodges-Lehmann nonparametric k-sample test on equality of medians that tests the null hypothesis that the samples are drawn from a population with the same median.
b
At enrollment.
c
In prior 6 months.