Table 3 -. Distribution of men with AIDS according to layers 1 and 2 of the Model of Social Determinants of Health and scores obtained for the domains of the WHOQOL-HIV bref (N=138). Fortaleza, CE, Brazil, 2013.

Social Determination Model of Health			Scores obtained for the WHOQOL-HIV bref domains (Mean ± Standard Deviation)
			I	II	III	IV	V	VI
Layer 1
	Age group (in years)
		≤ 29	15.5 ± 3.3	15.2 ± 2.8	14.2 ± 2.3	16.4 ± 2.3	14.5 ± 2.0	13.4 ±4.4
		30-49	15.0 ± 3.3	15.5 ± 2.5	14.0 ± 2.8	15.4 ± 2.9	14.5 ± 2.1	14.2 ± 3.9
		≥ 50	13.5 ± 2.7	14.9 ± 2.2	13.0 ± 3.1	15.4 ± 2.3	14.1 ± 2.0	14.0 ± 3.5
		P value	0.223	0.159	0.676	0.739	0.788	0.211
	Race (self-reported)
		Caucasian	14.5 ± 3.0	14.9 ± 2.9	13.7 ± 2.7	15.2 ± 3.0	14.5 ± 1.9	13.1 ± 4.3
		Afro descendant	15.2 ± 3.2	15.4 ± 2.1	14.3 ± 3.1	15.5 ± 2.3	13.9 ± 2.4	14.7 ± 2.9
		Mixed	14.8 ± 3.3	15.5 ± 2.3	13.7 ± 2.9	15.7 ± 2.7	14.4 ± 2.1	14.4 ± 3.8
		P value	0.790	0.427	0.801	0.847	0.621	0.241
Layer 2
	Sexual Orientation
		Heterosexual	14.4 ± 3.2	15.6 ± 2.0	13.5 ± 3.0	15.5 ± 2.7	14.0 ± 2.1	14.8 ± 3.7
		Homosexual	14.4 ± 3.2	15.0 ± 2.7	14.2 ± 2.8	15.5 ± 2.7	14.8 ± 1.9	12.9 ± 4.1*
		Bisexual	15.6 ± 3.2	15.5 ± 3.0	13.8 ± 1.8	15.6 ± 3.1	14.5 ± 2.2	14.5 ± 3.4
		P value	0.598	0.555	0.263	0.956	0.103	0.040
	Marital status
		Single	14.7 ± 3.2	15.2 ± 2.6	14.0 ± 2.6	15.7 ± 2.7	14.7 ± 2.0	13.7 ± 3.9
		Married/stable union	15.1 ± 3.4	15.9 ± 2.1	13.4 ± 2.4	15.5 ± 2.6	13.7 ± 2.3†	15.0 ± 3.8
		Divorced	13.9 ± 2.6	14.5 ± 2.7	13.4 ± 2.4	14.2 ± 3.4	14.3 ± 1.1	13.7 ± 3.5
		P value	0.525	0.154	0.379	0.300	0.040	0.229
	Religion
		Catholic	14.6 ± 3.1	15.0 ± 2.5	13.6 ± 2.9	15.5 ± 2.9	14.3 ± 2.1	13.6 ± 3.6
		Other	14.3 ± 3.3	15.8 ± 2.3	13.6 ± 2.7	15.2 ± 2.6	14.5 ± 2.1	14.5 ± 4.3
		No religion	18.0 ± 2.5‡	17.2 ± 1.6§	16.0 ± 2.0||	17.1 ± 1.6	15.7 ± 1.5	16.6 ± 4.4
		P value	0.003	0.013	0.049	0.137	0.123	0.056
	Schooling
		Illiterate	14.4 ± 3.7	15.6 ± 1.7	14.0 ± 2.9	15.0 ± 2.5	14.0 ± 1.6	15.4 ± 3.8
		Middle school	14.0 ± 2.7	15.3 ± 2.2	13.2 ± 2.7	15.0 ± 2.5	14.2 ± 2.2	13.4 ± 3.7
		High school	15.4 ± 3.0	16.0 ± 2.1	13.4 ± 2.6	16.1 ± 2.5	14.3 ± 2.0	15.1 ± 4.0
		Bachelor’s degree	14.9 ± 3.6	14.9 ± 2.9	14.5 ± 3.0	15.6 ± 3.0	14.7 ± 2.0	13.6 ± 3.9
		P value	0.241	0.153	0.315	0.235	0.504	0.05

WHOQOL-HIV bref: World Health Organization Quality of Life instrument-HIV bref. Intergroup analysis performed by the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Intragroup analysis performed by Tukey test:

^*p=0.037;

^†p=0.077;

^‡p=0.005;

^§p=0.017;

^||p=0.038.