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. 2016 Feb 17;28(sup1):124–131. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2016.1146206

Table 1. Descriptive analyses on key variables among HIV positive people (n = 2987).

  Strata of categorical data  %, (n/N) for categorical data
Exposure variable
Perceived stigma (mean, sd, range)   15.53 (3.53), 6–24
Internalized stigma (mean, sd, range)   18.49 (4.35),7–32
Enacted stigma (mean, sd, range)   2.09 (0.45), 1–6
Outcome
Emotional burden
Smoking (% ( n/N )) Yes 51.32% (1533/2987)
Alcohol use % (% ( n/N )) Yes 42.75% (1277/2987)
Drug use (% ( n/N )) Yes 19.25% (575/2987)
Depression (mean, sd, range)   7.78 (4.89), 0–30
Anxiety (mean, sd, range)   31.08 (8.87), 3–80
Physical burden
CD4 group (% ( n/N )) Low (1–250) 34.65% (1035/2987)
Medium (251–500) 42.22% (1261/2987)
High (>500) 18.92 (565/2987)
Viral load group (% ( n/N )) Low (1–49copies/ml) 40.84% (1220/2987)
Medium (50–1000 copies/ml) 9.64% (288/2987)
High (>1000 copies/ml) 4.52% (135/2987)
Fitness scale (mean, sd, range)   11.44 (2.97), 5–15
Financial burden
Income (yuan/m) (% ( n/N )) <1000 52.63% (1572/2987)
1000–1999 29.13% (870/2987)
2000–2999 11.18% (334/2987)
>=3000 6.09% (182/2987)
Employment status (% ( n/N )) No work 26.78% (800/2987)
Part-time 33.21% (992/2987)
Full time 39.57% (1182/2987)
Meet expense balance (% ( n/N )) More than Enough 10.55% (315/2987)
Barely enough 39.50% (1180/2987)
Not enough 49.75% (1486/2987)
Covariates
Years of school (mean, sd, range)   6.97 (3.00), 0–18
Age (mean, sd, range)   42.94 (12.83),18–88
Self-esteem score (mean, sd, range)   3.31 (0.72), 1–5
Resilience score (mean, sd, range)   3.19 (0.84),1–5
Coping skill score (mean, sd, range)   2.53 (0.65),1–5
No ART adherence score   0.49 (0.78), 0–4
Gender (% ( n/N )) Male 62.81% (1876/2987)
Female 37.19% (1111/2987)
Ethnicity (% ( n/N )) Han 70.61 (2109/2987)
Zhuang 25.88% (773/2987)
Others 3.35% (100/2987)
Religious (% ( n/N )) Atheist 91.4% (2703/2987)
Buddhism 7.67% (229/2987)
Others 0.94% (28/2987)
Residence (% ( n/N )) Urban 19.79% (591/2987)
Rural 80.05% (2391/2987)
Marital status (% ( n/N )) Never married 32.74% (978/2987)
Ever married 64.91% (1939/2987)
Co-infection (% ( n/N )) Ever 15.60% (466/2987)
Never 69.87% (2087/2987)
Route of infection (% ( n/N )) Sex with stable partners 28.52% (852/2987)
Sex with casual partners 15.67% (468/2987)
Sex with commercial partners 21.49% (642/2987)
Blood products 1.00% (30/2987)
Sharing needles 15.77% (471/2987)
Others 0.80% (24/2987)
Don't know 16.30% (487/2987)

Note: ART, antiretroviral therapy.