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Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2013 Oct 14;26(5):523–531. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2013.845288

Table 4.

Multivariable Models of the Predictors of Stress and Social Isolation

Model 1: Perceived
Stress Scale
Model 2: Stress Visual
Analog Scale
Model 3: Heart Rate
Variability
Model 4: Hawthorne
Friendship Scale
Estimate (CI) P
Value
Estimate (CI) P
Value
Estimate
(CI)
P
Value
Estimate
(CI)
P
Value
Age (years) −0.09 (−0.24, 0.06) 0.23 −0.05 (−0.12, 0.01) 0.11 −1.3 (−2.1 − 0.6) <0.01 0.11 (0.02, 0.20) 0.02
Gender: Female −0.12 (−2.39, 2.69) 0.93 1.24 (−0.01, 2.48) 0.05 4.6 (−8.8, 18.0) 0.50 0.32 (−1.41, 2.05) 0.71
BMI 0.05 (−0.12, 0.22) 0.55 0.01 (−0.07, 0.09) 0.76 −0.9 (−1.7, −0.1) 0.03 0.00 (−0.10, 0.11) 0.97
Income >$800/month −0.04 (−2.93, 3.01) 0.98 0.41 (−0.92, 1.73) 0.54 11.0 (−3.1, 25.2) 0.14 −0.09 (−1.92, 1.75) 0.35
Education≥ High School −2.14 (−5.21, 0.93) 0.17 0.06 (−1.30, 1.42) 0.93 −14.4 (−28.9, 0.2) 0.05 0.89 (−0.98, 2.77) 0.35
Years since HIV Diagnosis 0.05 (−0.17, 0.26) 0.65 0.05 (−0.04, 0.15) 0.29 −0.30 (−0.7, 1.1) 0.53 −0.09 (−0.22, 0.04) 0.19
Friendship (Isolation) −0.34 (−0.68, 0.00) 0.05 −0.05 (−0.20, 0.10) 0.55 0.50 (−1.1, 2.1) 0.57 ---- -----
Stigma 0.19 (0.00, 0.39) 0.05 0.03 (−0.04, 0.15) 0.29 0.20 (−0.7 −1.1) 0.67 −0.34 (−0.43, −0.25) <0.01