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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurovirol. 2015 Sep 24;22(2):159–169. doi: 10.1007/s13365-015-0380-9

Table 2.

Associations of HIV status and PTSD with cognitive test performance

Outcomes n Estimated means (SE)
HIV infection (HIV+ vs. HIV−)
Probable PTSD (yes vs. no)
HIV×PTSD
HIV−/PTSD− HIV−/PTSD+ HIV+/PTSD− HIV+/PTSD+ B (SE) Cohen’s d B (SE) Cohen’s d B (SE)
Primary
 Verbal memory 1496 50.3 (0.5) 46.9 (1.3) 48.4 (0.3) 46.9 (0.7) −1.66 (0.54)** 0.17 −2.13 (0.70)** 0.22 1.95 (1.61)
 Delayed recall 1496 50.1 (0.5) 47.6 (1.4) 48.3 (0.3) 46.1 (0.8) −1.81 (0.56)** 0.18 −2.30 (0.74)** 0.23 0.39 (1.69)
 % retention 1496 50.6 (0.5) 46.3 (1.4) 48.5 (0.4) 47.7 (0.8) −1.50 (0.59)* 0.14 −1.96 (0.77)* 0.19 2.97 (1.70)
 Verbal learning 1496 50.3 (0.4) 48.4 (1.3) 48.7 (0.3) 46.7 (0.7) −1.58 (0.52)** 0.17 −2.02 (0.68)** 0.22 −0.17 (1.56)
 Trial 1 1496 50.4 (0.5) 48.2 (1.3) 48.7 (0.3) 47.2 (0.7) −1.66 (0.55)** 0.17 −1.77 (0.71)* 0.18 0.73 (1.64)
 Total trials 1–3 1496 50.1 (0.5) 48.6 (1.4) 48.8 (0.3) 46.2 (0.7) −1.51 (0.55)** 0.15 −2.28 (0.72)** 0.23 −1.07 (1.66)
Secondary
 Attention 1321 50.1 (0.4) 49.1 (1.1) 49.2 (0.3) 48.9 (0.6) −0.79 (0.43) 0.11 −0.60 (0.58) 0.10 0.66 (1.31)
 Executive function 1253 50.2 (0.4) 49.5 (1.2) 49.8 (0.3) 49.2 (0.7) −0.38 (0.51) 0.04 −0.64 (0.67) 0.08 0.11 (1.51)
 Psychomotor speed 1488 50.1 (0.5) 48.0 (1.4) 49.3 (0.3) 45.9 (0.7) −1.06 (0.56) 0.11 −2.93 (0.73)*** 0.29 −1.24 (1.68)
 Verbal fluency 1487 49.7 (0.4) 48.9 (1.2) 49.7 (0.3) 49.8 (0.7) 0.17 (0.50) 0.02 −0.13 (0.66) 0.01 0.92 (1.51)
 Fine motor skills 1443 48.8 (0.5) 46.1 (1.5) 49.1 (0.4) 50.5 (0.9) 1.03 (0.61) 0.09 0.11 (0.83) 0.01 4.09 (1.85)*

Results from inverse probability-weighted (IPW) linear regression analyses on the primary and secondary cognitive outcomes. Totals do not add to 1500 because not all women completed all cognitive tests due to participant refusal or other known (e.g., neuropathy) or unknown reasons

B parameter estimates, SE standard errors, n sample size

***

p<0.001;

**

p<0.01;

*

p<0.05