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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic). 2011 Oct 11;10(6):365–372. doi: 10.1177/1545109711418120

Table 2.

Demographic, health characteristics and substance use among people with HIV who had not and who had been diagnosed with an STI since testing HIV positive.

Not diagnosed with an STI (n=261) Diagnosed with at least one STI (n=309)
Characteristic n % n % OR 95%CI
Men 179 69 209 68 Reference
Women 55 21 81 26 1.65 0.89–3.08
Transgender 27 10 19 6 2.09 1.06–4.12
African American 242 93 279 90 0.73 0.40–1.33
Income < $10,000 170 65 203 65 0.99 0.69–1.39
Unemployed 89 34 102 33 1.05 0.74–1.49
Married/cohabitating 69 27 67 22 0.76 0.52–1.12
History of incarceration 160 61 220 71 1.56* 1.09–2.21
Incarcerated in past year 37 14 51 16 1.19 0.75–1.89
CD4 count < 200 47 22 70 25 1.19 0.78–182
Know their viral load 175 67 222 72 1.25 0.87–1.79
Viral load detectable 64 28 97 34 1.32 0.90–1.92
Missed ART in past week 74 28 130 42 1.85** 1.30–2.62
<85% adherent on VAS 55 21 94 33 1.71* 1.16–2.52
Substance use in the past 4 months
 Alcohol 140 53 196 63 1.49* 1.06–2.08
 Cannabis 52 20 1116 38 2.40** 1.64–3.52
 Cocaine/crack 50 19 70 22 1.24 0.82–1.85
 Inhalants 11 4 40 12 3.38 1.69–6.32
 Amphetamine 5 2 9 3 1.53 0.51–4.64
 Non-prescription ‘Viagra’ 14 5 32 10 2.03* 1.06–3.91
 Injected drugs 4 2 7 2 1.49 0.43–5.14
 Other drugs 9 3 25 8 2.46* 1.12–5.38
 Any non-alcohol drugs 93 36 155 50 1.80** 1.27–2.54
Poly drug use 37 14 89 29 1.82** 1.30–2.55
 Alcohol use before last sex 70 27 93 31 1.18 0.81–1.70
 Drug use before last sex 43 17 78 26 1.72** 1.13–2.60

M SD M SD OR 95%CI

Age 47.7 8.2 45.0 7.5 0.95** 0.93–0.97
Education 12.1 1.6 12.2 1.6 1.02 0.92–1.13
CD4 cell count 464.1 392.1 420.6 265.9 1.00 0.99–1.00
HIV symptoms 3.0 3.1 3.5 3.4 1.05* 1.00–1.11

Note

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,