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. 2012 Oct 11;9:30. doi: 10.1186/1742-6405-9-30

Table 1.

Baseline group characteristics

 
In Substance Abuse Treatment
NOT In Substance Abuse Treatment
Test Statistic
df
p
  N mean +/− sd or % N mean +/− sd or %      
Demographic Variables
13

202
 
 
 
 
Age
13
38.8+/−8.0
187
40.3+/−8.2
t=−0.63
 198
NS 
Gender (Male)
9
69.2%
131
65.5%
= 0.08
1
NS
Ethnicity

 

 
Fisher Exact
 0.04
 Caucasian
 5
38.5%
37
18.3%
 African American
 2
15.4%
104
51.5%
 Hispanic
 0
0%
6
3.0%
Employed
 2
 18.2%
65 
 41.7%
Fisher Exact
NS 
MSM
 5
 55.6%
80
63.5%
 Fisher Exact
NS 
HIV Markers







Mean CD4+
13
295.4+/−202.6
186
 227.8+/−207.0
t=1.14
197
NS
Non-Detectable (%)
12
92.3%
170
91.4%
Fisher Exact
NS
Substance Use Variables
Proportion Days Used Alcohol
13
0.0055+/−0.020
188
0.088+/−0.1775
t=−5.86
173.0
<.0001
% Recent Alcohol Use
1
7.7%
78
38.6%
Fisher Exact
0.034
% Recent Cannabis
0
 
21
13.4%



% Recent Cocaine
0
 
7
3.5%

 

% Recent Heroin
0
 
2
0.99%
 
 
 
% Recent Stimulants
0
 
9
4.5%
 
 
 
% Used Any Illicit Drug 0   17 8.4%