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Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2010 Sep 15;113(2-3):165–171. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.07.021

Table 2.

Factors Associated with any AA/NA Meeting Attendance ¥

Crude Model Full Model

Variable Odds Ratio Adjusted Odds Ratio
(95% CI) (95% CI)
Predisposing Age (a) 1.06 (0.86, 1.32) 1 (0.97, 1.03)
Characteristics Sex (female) 0.78 (0.60, 1.01) 0.55 (0.34, 0.90) *
 Race (Black) vs. White 1.16 (0.90, 1.48) 1.36 (0.83, 2.21)
   (Other) vs. White 1.17 (0.87, 1.58) 1.01 (0.53, 1.91)
Marital Status
   Married vs. Single 0.76 (0.49, 1.19) 0.96 (0.56, 1.66)
   Partnered, not 0.90 (0.72, 1.12) 0.95 (0.73, 1.25)
married vs. Single
High school graduate (b) 0.88 (0.70, 1.10) 1.09 (0.70, 1.67)
Lives alone 0.66 (0.53, 0.83) *** 0.98 (0.75, 1.28)
Born in the USA 0.94 (0.67, 1.32) 0.82 (0.39, 1.72)
Literacy at high school level (c) 1.01 (0.80, 1.28) 1.28 (0.82, 2.00)
Gay, Bisexual, Other Sexual 0.52 (0.41, 0.66) *** 0.64 (0.40, 1.01)
Orientation vs. Heterosexual
Any traumatic abuse, ever (d) 1.40 (1.06, 1.84) * 1.66 (0.97, 2.84)
HIV Disease Severity Variables
 Any opportunistic conditions
(e)
1.04 (0.79, 1.35) 0.76 (0.56, 1.05)
 HIV Qual.of Life Scale (f) 1.47 (1.18, 1.84) *** 1.03 (0.99, 1.07)
 CD4 Count (g) 0.99 (0.79, 1.23) 1.02 (0.97, 1.08)
HCV antibody present 1.88 (1.50, 2.35) *** 2.27 (1.44, 3.58) ***

Enabling Resources Unemployed (e) 1.13 (0.88, 1.44) 0.94 (0.68, 1.31)
Social support uses alcohol or
drugs
0.47 (0.37, 0.61) *** 0.59 (0.44, 0.78) ***
Social support helps w/sobriety 2.09 (1.46, 3.00) *** 1.03 (0.73, 1.45)
Lives without children 1.25 (0.85, 1.84) 1.06 (0.70, 1.62)
Currently taking anti-HIV
medications
0.90 (0.72, 1.13) 1.03 (0.77, 1.39)
Received disability (e) 1.07 (0.81, 1.40) 0.67 (0.44, 1.01)
Homeless (e) 2.70 (2.01, 3.64) *** 1.64 (1.16, 2.33) **

Need/ Severity Alcohol Diagnosis (e), (h) 1.19 (0.85, 1.66) 0.96 (0.56, 1.66)
Drug dependence diagnosis 1.72 (1.35, 2.19) *** 1.37 (1.05, 1.79) *
Depressive symptoms (i) 1.44 (1.15, 1.79) ** 1.04 (0.80, 1.35)
In jail (e) 2.87 (1.98, 4.17) *** 1.15 (0.73, 1.80)
*

p<05

**

p<.01

***

p<.001

¥

Analyses based on 369 subjects and 1,151 observations.

a

Age is a dichotomous variable at median (44.5 years).

b

High school graduate is 12 or more years of education)

c

Literacy score > 60 (Davis et al., 1991).

d

History of sexual or physical trauma or abuse.

e

Past 6 months.

g

CD4 count a dichotomous variable at median.

h

Alcohol diagnosis using Composite International Diagnostic Interview Short Form (CIDI-SF) (Kessler et al., 1998).

i

Measure of depressive symptoms where a CESD score ≥16 indicates substantial depressive symptoms.