Table 3.

Descriptive Statistics of Stress, Isolation, and Stigma by Age

		≤50 (n=49)		>49 (n=52)
Scale	Possible Range	Mean	Std	Mean	Std	p-value
Perceived Stress Scale	0–40	21.0	6.9	23.6	6.8	0.06
Heart Rate Variability (SDNN, msec)	N/A	72.9	32.9	58.5	28.0	0.02
Visual Analog Stress Scale	1–10	3.3	3.05	3.72	2.53	0.46
Hawthorne Friendship Scale (Isolation)	0–24	16.5	5.2	17.5	4.5	0.33
HIV Stigma Scale	13–52	24.0	9.0	21.3	8.6	0.14