Table 1.

Characteristics of food secure and food insecure people living with HIV.

	Food Secure (N = 321)		Food Insecure (N = 200)
Characteristic	M	SD	M	SD	OR	95%CI
Age	48.5	7.5	45.9	8.9	0.95**	0.93–0.98
Education	12.3	1.8	12.4	2.1	1.04	0.94–1.14
Years since testing HIV+	14.2	7.1	12.9	7.8	0.97	0.94–1.00
Poverty rate	25.6	11.0	26.7	10.8	1.00	0.99–1.02
	N	%	N	%
Male	214	67	150	75
Female	107	33	50	25	0.68+	0.44–1.05
African American	295	92	181	91	0.94	0.67–1.33
Unemployed	313	98	196	98	0.98	0.48–1.63
Resides in food desert	117	36	69	35	1.04	0.70–1.55
Unstable housing	33	10	53	27	1.81**	1.11–2.94
Lacks transportation to clinic	20	6	56	28	4.75**	2.84–7.90
Lacks transportation to food source	24	8	76	38	5.64**	3.54–8.99
Receives food stamps	231	72	130	63	0.76	0.50–1.15
Receives meal from social services	91	29	72	36	1.33	0.88–1.99
Receives food from faith-based services	124	39	106	53	1.61**	1.09–2.37
BMI > 25	87	30	67	38	1.10	0.86–1.41

Note:

⁺p < .10,

^**p < .01