Table 5.

Fisher’s Z Correlation Coefficient Comparisons

Subgroup comparisons	z- value	SEM	p
Race/Ethnicity
African American vs. Hispanic	-0.60	0.25	0.55
African American vs. Non-Hispanic White	+0.18	0.35	0.86
Hispanic vs. Non-Hispanic White	+0.56	0.37	0.58
Years of education
Some high school vs. high school	+0.87	0.29	0.38
Some high school vs. post high school	-0.26	0.26	0.79
High school vs. post high school	-0.99	0.33	0.32
Test-Retest interval groups
1-3 yrs vs. 3-6 yrs	+0.00	0.28	1.00
1-3 yrs vs. 6+ yrs	+1.55	0.27	0.12
3-6 yrs vs. 6+ yrs	+1.48	0.28	0.14
CD4 change
CD4 stable vs. CD4 change	+0.59	0.43	0.56
HIV RNA viral load
Viral load stable vs. viral load change	+1.29	0.23	0.20
Illicit substance toxicity (n = 86)
Tox stable vs. Tox change	+0.67	0.26	0.50
sRCS scores
Cognitively stable vs. improvement	-0.28	0.34	0.78
Cognitively stable vs. decline	-0.80	0.26	0.43
Cognitive decline vs. improvement	+0.31	0.37	0.76

Note. SEM = standard error of the difference between correlations; sRCS = standard regression-based change score; N = 88.

* two tailed p > .05.