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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 24.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2015 Mar;38(1):45–54. doi: 10.1037/prj0000107

Table 2. Bivariate analyses of substance use and HIV risk behavior by mental health problem (N=136).

Anxiety Test Statistic
2/t-score)
Depression Test Statistic
2/t-score)
PTSD Test Statistic
2/t-score)
yes no yes no yes no
ASSIST Scores (range 0-39)
 Cannabis 9.9 9.1 -0.4 10.2 7.8 -1.1 9.6 9.6 0.0
 Cocaine 8.9 4.5 -2.2* 8.5 3.0 -2.33** 8.4 5.3 -1.5
 Stimulants 4.1 4.3 0.2 4.1 4.3 0.1 4.1 4.2 0.1
 Methamphetamine 12.4 10.9 -0.6 12.4 9.9 -0.8 14.1 8.2 -2.3**
 Sedatives 20.4 15.9 -1.7* 19.3 16.5 -0.9 18.6 18.9 0.1
 Illicit opioids 8.1 3.8 -2.03* 7.4 3.2 -1.7* 7.7 4.4 -1.5
Prescription opiates 29.5 23.6 -2.4** 28.7 22.3 -2.2** 28.6 25.0 -1.4
HIV Risk Behavior
 # male sex partners (past year) 4.4 2.2 -1.4 4.0 2.1 -1.0 4.7 1.7 -1.8
 Any IDU (past year) 66.7% 53.9% 2.2 64.8% 51.6% 1.8 68.2% 51.0% 4.0*
# IDU days (past month) 14.6 11.2 -1.4 14.5 9.0 -2.0* 14.9 10.7 -1.7*
*

p<.05,

**

p<.01