Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics of Stress, Isolation, and Stigma by Gender

		Male (n=54)		Female (n=48)		Total (n=102)
Scale	Possible Range	Mean	Std	Mean	Std	Mean	Std	p- value
Perceived Stress Scale	0–40	17.0	6.8	17.8	7.2	17.4	7.0	0.58
Heart Rate Variability (SDNN, msec)	N/A	64.9	31.0	66.1	31.7	65.5	31.2	0.85
Visual Analog Stress Scale	1–10	3.1	2.8	4.0	2.7	3.5	2.8	0.14
Hawthorne Friendship Scale (Isolation)	0–24	16.8	5.0	17.3	4.6	17.0	4.8	0.66
HIV Stigma Scale	13–52	22.6	9.9	22.6	7.7	22.6	8.9	0.99

SDNN, Standard deviation of N-N intervals