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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 13.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Pediatr. 2013 Mar 1;167(3):289–296. doi: 10.1001/2013.jamapediatrics.398

Table 3.

Alcohol and Substance Use for IRs and Female FNMs by IRs’ Self-Reported HIV Infection Statusa

Variable
IRs
FNMs
Total (N=153)
HIV (−)(n = 52)
HIV (+)(n = 52)
HIV (?)(n = 49)
P Value
Total (N=381)
HIV (−)(n = 146)
HIV (+)(n = 115)
HIV (?)(n = 120)
P Value
Alcohol use 123 (80.4) 41 (78.8) 41 (78.8) 41 (83.7) .79 285 (74.8) 115 (78.8) 85 (73.9) 85 (70.8) .34
Typical alcohol use
 ≥1 mo 30 (19.6) 13 (25.0) 8 (15.4) 9 (18.4) .50 72 (18.9) 26 (17.8) 23 (20.0) 23 (19.2) graphic file with name nihms441552t15.jpg .31
 ≥1 wk 17 (11.1) 3 (5.8) 10 (19.2) 4 (8.2) 38 (10.0) 13 (8.9) 16 (13.9) 9 (7.5)
 Everyday 3 (2.0) 1 (1.9) 1 (1.9) 1 (2.0) 4 (1.0) 2 (1.4) 2 (1.7) 0
Drinks typical day when drinking
 3 or 4 drinks 37 (24.2) 11 (21.2) 14 (26.9) 12 (24.5) .38 83 (21.8) 28 (19.2) 31 (27.0) 24 (20.0) graphic file with name nihms441552t16.jpg .01
 ≥5 drinks 20 (13.1) 8 (15.4) 6 (11.5) 6 (12.2) 45 (11.8) 23 (15.8) 16 (13.9) 6 (5.0)
Sex while using alcohol 91 (59.5) 28 (53.8) 35 (67.3) 28 (57.1) .34 184 (48.3) 69 (47.3) 65 (56.5) 50 (41.7) .06
Marijuana use 88 (57.5) 31 (59.6) 34 (65.4) 23 (46.9) .16 195 (51.2) 80 (54.8) 62 (53.9) 53 (44.2) .16
Typical marijuana use
 ≥1 wk 20 (13.1) 5 (9.6) 8 (15.4) 7 (14.3) .53 23 (6.0) 11 (7.5) 8 (7.0) 4 (3.3) graphic file with name nihms441552t17.jpg .06
 Everyday 22 (14.4) 7 (13.5) 11 (21.2) 4 (8.2) 50 (13.1) 20 (13.7) 21 (18.3) 9 (7.5)
Injection drug use 0 0 0 0 >.99 1 (0.3) 1 (0.7) 0 0 >.99

Abbreviations: FNM, friendship network member; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; IR, index recruiter.

a

Not all cells are depicted for each measure. Street names were used to describe substances in the audio-computer-assisted self-interview.