Table 4. Comparison of Subjects with Gap in Year One vs No Gap in Year One.

	Having a gap in care in Year 1?				p-value	Death
	No		Yes
	No.	%	No.	%		No.	%
Gender
Female	135	30%	33	26%	0.33	1	0.5
Male	315	70%	96	74%		1	0.5
Age at entry to care
less than 25	46	10%	19	15%	0.04	0	0
25-35	104	23%	40	31%		0	0
35-45	162	36%	44	34%		0	0
greater than 45	138	31%	26	20%		2	1
Hispanic
Yes	111	25%	28	22%	0.49	0	0
No	339	75%	101	78%		2	1
Race
White	285	63%	74	57%	0.41 a	2	1
Black	140	31%	44	34%		0	0
Others	24	5%	11	9%		0	0
NA	1	0%	0	0%		0	0
Education
less than 12 yrs	144	32%	40	31%	0.86 a	0	0
High school graduate	88	20%	30	23%		0	0
Some college	103	23%	31	24%		2	1
College Graduate	95	21%	23	18%		0	0
NA	20	4%	5	4%		0	0
US Born
No	190	42%	53	41%	0.82	0	0
Yes	260	58%	76	59%		2	1
Year of Entry to Care
2004	82	18%	27	21%	0.65	1	0.5
2005	49	11%	11	9%		1	0.5
2006	65	14%	17	13%		0	0
2007	53	12%	19	15%		0	0
2008	73	16%	14	11%		0	0
2009	74	16%	25	19%		0	0
2010	54	12%	16	12%		0	0
MSM
No	240	53%	68	53%	0.90	1	0.5
Yes	210	47%	61	47%		1	0.5
IDU
No	434	96%	124	96%	0.79 a	2	1
Yes	16	4%	5	4%		0	0
HIV status at entry
HIV	231	51%	85	66%	<.01	0	0
AIDS	219	49%	44	34%		2	1
CD4 count
< 200	150	33%	27	21%	<.01 a	2	1
200-500	179	40%	42	33%		0	0
> 500	120	27%	56	43%		0	0
NA	1	0%	4	3%		0	0
ART status in Year 1
No	147	33%	59	46%	<.01	1	0.5
Yes	293	65%	54	42%		1	0.5
NA	10	2%	16	12%		0	0
Incarceration
Ever	29	6%	11	9%	0.58 a	0	0
Never	404	90%	115	89%		2	1
NA	17	4%	3	2%		0	0
Psychiatric illness
Ever	139	31%	32	25%	0.04 a	1	0.5
Never	292	65%	96	74%		1	0.5
NA	19	4%	1	1%		0	0
Total	450		129			2

Note: All p-values are calculated using Pearson's Chi-square tests or Fisher's Exact tests (indexed by the superscript ‘a’).