Table 3.

Characteristics of food insecure people living with HIV prescribed antiretroviral medications that do not and do require food

Characteristics	Food not required with ART (N = 194)		Food required with ART (N = 223)		X 2	P
	n	%	n	%
Male	141	72	172	77
Female	53	27	51	22	1.09	ns
African American	178	91	204	92	3.90	ns
Unemployed	164	84	200	90	9.83	0.05
Income <$10,000	128	66	154	69	0.82	ns
CD4 <200 cell/mL	22	12	60	27	16.45	0.01
Antiretroviral adherence <75%	50	26	70	31	1.68	ns
Antiretroviral adherence <85%	77	40	104	47	2.16	ns
Antiretroviral adherence <95%	123	63	157	70	2.52	ns
Viral load detectable	35	18	62	28	5.89	0.01
Alcohol use	127	65	136	61	2.57	ns
Drug use	117	60	138	62	0.56	ns

Characteristics	M	SD	M	SD	T	P
Age	44.3	11.1	44.7	9.6	0.38	ns
Years of education	12.5	1.7	12.8	1.5	1.57	ns
Years since HIV diagnosis	12.1	7.6	13.9	8.1	2.33	0.05
HIV symptoms	4.0	3.2	4.5	3.6	1.59	ns
Medication side effects	0.51	0.44	0.55	0.49	0.70	ns
Antiretroviral medication adherence	83.3	18.5	80.5	20.1	1.48	ns
CD4 cell count	533.5	273.5	393.3	278.5	5.10	0.01
AUDIT alcohol	13.9	11.5	13.6	11.5	0.30	ns
Medication necessity	20.9	4.0	21.7	3.4	1.98	0.05
Medication concerns	14.5	4.7	14.0	4.5	0.97	ns

ART antiretroviral therapy, AUDIT Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, ns not significant