Table 1.

Study Demographics

STUDY A (n=1,217)				STUDY B (n=775)
	Mean (SD)	Percentage (n)	Range		Mean (SD)	Percentage (n)	Range
Age (years)
	41.7 (9.1)		20–84		42.8 (9.6)		20–72
Gender
Male		67.5 (821)		Male		59.2 (455)
Female		31.4 (382)		Female		38.5 (296)
				Transgender		2.2 (17)
Education
				Grade School		29.1 (223)
Less than high school		29.2 (355)
High school		33.1 (403)		High school		41.5 (318)
				Tech/vocational school		18.6 (143)
Greater than high school		37.5 (456)		College		7.7 (59)
				Master’s/Doctorate		3.1 (24)
Race/ethnicity
African-American/Black		37.9 (461)
				African National & American/black		43.6 (335)
Hispanic/Latino		26.0 (316)		Hispanic/Latino		27.8 (214)
White/Anglo (non- Hispanic)		22.7 (276)		White/Anglo (non- Hispanic)		21.2 (163)
Asian/Pacific Islander (including residents of Taiwan)		10.4 (126)		Asian/Pacific Islander		1.4 (11)
				Native American Indian		1.0 (8)
Other		2.7 (33)		Other		4.8 (37)
AIDS diagnosis
Yes		40.7 (493)		Yes		42.0 (322)
No		56.4 (682)		No		53.2 (408)
Don’t know		2.9 (35)		Don’t know		4.8 (37)
Taking HIV Meds now
Yes		72.5 (879)		Yes		70.4 (537)
No		27.1 (328)		No		29.6 (226)
Years known HIV-positive
	9.8 (5.5)		1–20		9.1 years (6.6)		0–26
CD4 (Recent CD4 count, if known)
	433 (413)		0–1580		407 (268)		0–1200
Co morbidities
Yes		53.8 (655)		Yes		62.7 (470)
No		45.3 (551)		No		37.3 (280)
Years on ARV medications
					6.7 years (5.2)		0–20
Symptom frequency
	18.3 (16.8)		0–64		20.9 (18.3)		0–64
Symptom intensity
	33.6 (32.0)		0–192		39.6 (36.1)		0–192