Table 1.

Socio-demographic and health-related characteristics (n =30)

Characteristics	Total N = 30	African-American n = 10	Latino n = 10	White n = 10
Age
Mean (Range)	54.7 (50–64)	54.7 (50–58)	55.4 (50–64)	54.1 (51–59)
Years of sobriety (n=30)
Mean (Range)	10.7 years (0–32)	6.8 (1–14)	13.4 (0–31)	11.9 (0–32)
< 1 year	2	0	1	1
1 – 5 years	11	4	3	4
6 – 10 years	6	4	1	1
11 – 20 years	5	2	1	2
> 20 years	6	0	4	2
In long term relationship with a man	7	4	1	2
Previously married to a woman	6	1	2	3
Have children	6	2	2	2
Closer to brother(s)	5	1	3	1
Closer to sister(s)	17	6	5	6
Neither	3	1	0	2
Both	5	2	2	1
Number of siblings
Brothers
0	8	3	3	2
1	9	3	2	4
2	5	1	4	0
3	3	2	0	1
4	2	0	0	2
5+	3	1	1	1
Sisters
0	4	2	0	2
1	10	5	2	3
2	7	2	3	2
3	4	0	2	2
4	3	0	2	1
5+	2	1	1	0
HIV-positive (n=16)		n=5	n=6	n=5
Mean	20 years	18	19	22
< 5 years	1	0	1	0
15–20 years	9	5	2	2
> 20 years	6	0	3	3
Diagnosed with mental health disorder, e.g., depression, anxiety	17	3	5	9
Polypharmacy (5+ meds)	3	0	1	2