Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of HIV negative controls and HIV-infected individuals
| Variable | HIV Negative Controls (N = 198) | HIV-Infected Individuals (N = 203) | p |
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| Demographic Characteristics | |||
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| Age (years) | 40.3 ± 6.3 | 40.2 ± 6.4 | 0.72 |
| Education (years) | 6.0 ± 2.0 | 5.0 ± 2.0 | 0.05 |
| Sex (% male) | 61 | 61 | 0.92 |
| Currently Unemployed (%) | 4 | 78 | < .0001 |
| Marital Status (% married) | 96 | 89 | 0.01 |
| Total Household Income (dollars) | 710.0 ± 513.7 | 476.3 ± 412.7 | < .0001 |
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| Psychiatric Characteristics | |||
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| Alcohol Use Disorder (%) | |||
| Lifetime | 6 | 14 | 0.004 |
| Age of onset | 29.1 ± 10.0 | 24.4 ± 5.4 | 0.56 |
| Major Depressive Disorder (%) | |||
| Current (last 30 days) | 1 | 2 | 0.43 |
| Lifetime | 5 | 14 | 0.003 |
| Age of onset | 34.9 ± 10.6 | 34.1 ± 11.0 | 0.76 |
| Beck Depression Inventory | |||
| Total score | 6.6 ± 9.6 | 11.3 ± 11.3 | < .0001 |
| Non-somatic score | 4.6 ± 7.4 | 8.0 ± 8.8 | < .0001 |
| Current Suicidality (%) | |||
| No thoughts of killing myself | 88 | 86 | 0.42 |
| Thoughts of killing myself | 10 | 11 | 0.68 |
| Would like to kill myself | 1 | 2 | 0.19 |
| Would kill myself if had chance | 1 | 1 | 0.98 |
| Lifetime Suicidality (%) | |||
| Think a lot about death | 7 | 16 | 0.004 |
| Think about suicide | 6 | 11 | 0.06 |
| Made suicide plan | 3 | 8 | 0.02 |
| Made suicide attempt | 1 | 2 | 0.43 |
| ADL Dependent (%) | 3 | 11 | 0.002 |
| MOS-HIV (summary score) | |||
| Physical | 48.3 ± 9.7 | ||
| Mental | 48.8 ± 9.9 | ||
| Social Support Scale (total score) | 36.8 ± 6.0 | 35.0 ± 6.8 | 0.01 |
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| Clinical Characteristics | |||
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| AIDS (%) | 56 | ||
| Cognitively Impaired | 19 | 37 | < .0001 |
| CD4 (%) | |||
| Current < 200 | 26 | ||
| Nadir < 200 | 52 | ||
| HCV Seropositive (%) | 63 | 93 | < .0001 |
| On ARV Drugs (%) | 57 | ||
| Age at First HIV+ Test | 37.9 ± 6.7 | ||
| Years Since First HIV+ Test | 2.5 ± 2.1 | ||
Note: ADL = Activities of Daily Living; AIDS = Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; HCV = Hepatitis C Virus; HIV = Human Immunodeficiency Virus; MOS-HIV = Medical Outcomes Study – HIV Questionnaire; ARV = Anti-retroviral. Unless noted, data represent means and standard deviations.