Table 1. Variable Frequencies for Full Sample and Comparison Between VL− and VL+ Subsamples of 991 HIV-Infected YMSMa.
| Variable | Full Sample (N = 991) | VL− Subsample (n = 233) | VL+ Subsample (n = 549) | P Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age ≥21 y | 352 (35.5) | 61 (26.2) | 216 (39.5) | <.01 |
| Current employment | 437 (44.1) | 121 (52.2) | 217 (39.6) | <.01 |
| Post–high school educational level | 410 (41.4) | 124 (53.4) | 190 (34.7) | <.01 |
| Transgender | 54 (5.4) | 8 (3.4) | 33 (6.0) | .14 |
| Black race | 628 (63.4) | 144 (62.3) | 348 (63.5) | .76 |
| Hispanic ethnicity | 219 (22.1) | 56 (24.0) | 126 (23.1) | .77 |
| Ever incarcerated | 358 (36.1) | 72 (30.9) | 215 (39.2) | .03 |
| Current unstable housing | 54 (5.4) | 9 (3.9) | 32 (6.0) | .25 |
| Prescribed ART | 516 (52.1) | 225 (96.6) | 89 (16.2) | <.01 |
| Receiving ART for ≤6 months | 175 (17.7) | |||
| Disclosure to sex partners | 464 (46.8) | 108 (50.9) | 246 (50.5) | .92 |
| CRAFFT, mean (SD) | 2.7 (1.8) | 2.7 (1.8) | 2.7 (1.8) | .79 |
| Daily alcohol use | 59 (6.0) | 9 (4.1) | 37 (7.3) | .10 |
| Daily marijuana use | 265 (26.7) | 55 (31.8) | 155 (36.4) | .29 |
| BSI depression subscale score, mean (SD) | 7.0 (6.1) | 6.3 (5.7) | 7.3 (6.2) | .03 |
| BSI anxiety subscale score, mean (SD) | 5.4 (5.4) | 4.7 (5.1) | 5.7 (5.4) | .02 |
| BSI GSI score, mean (SD)b | 1.0 (0.8) | 0.9 (0.8) | 1.1 (0.8) | .03 |
| CAI | 458 (46.2) | 91 (44.4) | 266 (54.7) | .01 |
| Serodiscordant CAI | 310 (31.3) | 57 (25.0) | 187 (34.9) | .01 |
Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral treatment; BSI, Brief Symptom Inventory; CAI, condomless anal Intercourse; CRAFFT, Car, Relax, Alone, Forget, Friends, Trouble (keywords in a screening questionnaire to identify at-risk teen substance abusers); GSI, Global Severity Index; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; VL−, virologically suppressed; VL+, virologically detectable; YMSM, young men who have sex with men.
Data are presented as number (percentage) unless otherwise indicated.
The BSI GSI criteria for clinically indicative symptoms are as follows: males 19 years or younger with GSI scores of 1.71 or higher, females 19 years or younger with GSI scores of 1.59 or higher, males 20 years or older with GSI scores of 0.58 or higher, and females 20 years or older with GSI scores of 0.78 or higher.