Table 2.
Demographic and substance use characteristics of HIV positive food secure and insecure adults who drink alcohol.
| Food Secure N = 112 |
Food Insecure N = 85 |
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| Characteristic | M | SD | M | SD | t |
| Age | 45.9 | 7.3 | 46.0 | 7.5 | 0.1 |
| Education | 12.4 | 1.4 | 12.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| Years HIV+ | 13.1 | 6.5 | 13.3 | 6.8 | 0.7 |
| Days drinking alcohol |
11.7 | 13.4 | 10.9 | 12.9 | 0.4 |
| Number of alcohol drinks per day |
0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| AUDIT Score | 5.4 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 1.07 |
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| Men | 88 | 78 | 66 | 77 | |
| Women | 24 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 0.8 |
| Married | 26 | 23 | 21 | 25 | 1.2 |
| African-American | 107 | 95 | 76 | 89 | |
| White | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| Other ethnicity | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5.6 | |
| Income < $10,000 | 64 | 57 | 54 | 64 | 0.3 |
| Employed | 81 | 72 | 64 | 75 | 0.6 |
| Drug use | 63 | 56 | 50 | 58 | 0.1 |