Table 2.
Demographic and Baseline Characteristics by Study Group
| Total N=42 n (%) |
COMB* N=22 n (%) |
TAU** N=20 n (%) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | ||||
| Mean (SD) [range 18 – 24] | 21.5 (1.6) | 21.5 (1.6) | 21.5 (1.6) | 0.98 |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 29 (69.0) | 21 (95.5) | 8 (40.0) | < 0.001 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic or Latino | 9 (21.4) | 3 (13.6) | 6 (30.0) | 0.27 |
| Race | ||||
| Black or African American | 35 (83.3) | 19 (86.4) | 16 (80.0) | 0.64 |
| Mode of HIV transmission | ||||
| Perinatal transmission | 4 (9.5) | 1 (4.5) | 3 (15.0) | < 0.001 |
| High-risk heterosexual contact | 5 (11.9) | 1 (4.5) | 4 (20.0) | |
| Male-to-male sexual contact | 28 (66.7) | 20 (90.9) | 8 (40.0) | |
| Presumed heterosexual contact | 5 (11.9) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (25.0) | |
| Baseline CD4 count - categorical | ||||
| < 200 | 6 (14.3) | 4 (18.2) | 2 (10.0) | 0.93 |
| 200 – 350 | 6 (14.3) | 3 (13.6) | 3 (15.0) | |
| 350 – 500 | 10 (23.8) | 5 (22.7) | 5 (25.0) | |
| ≥ 500 | 20 (47.6) | 10 (45.5) | 10 (50.0) | |
| Log 10 Viral Load | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 2.9 (1.4) | 2.7 (1.3) | 3.1 (1.5) | 0.33 |
| Baseline Viral load - categorical | ||||
| < 400 | 21 (50.0) | 12 (54.5) | 9 (45.0) | 0.93 |
| 400 – 9,999 | 1 (2.4) | 1 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
| 1,000 – 9,999 | 9 (21.4) | 4 (18.2) | 5 (25.0) | |
| 10,000 – 99,999 | 8 (19.0) | 4 (18.2) | 4 (20.0) | |
| ≥ 100,000 | 3 (7.1) | 1 (4.5) | 2 (10.0) | |
| Did you drink alcohol (beer, wine or wine coolers, etc.) in the past 3 months? | ||||
| Yes | 31 (86.1) | 16 (84.2) | 15 (88.2) | 1.00 |
| Have you smoked marijuana, other than just trying a few puffs, in the past 3 months? | ||||
| Yes | 20 (55.6) | 11 (57.9) | 9 (52.9) | 1.00 |
| Have you used any other king of drug in the past 3 months? | ||||
| Yes | 3 (8.3) | 2 (10.5) | 1 (5.9) | 1.00 |
*
COMB = combined manualized CBT and medication management algorithm
**
TAU = treatment as usual