. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 26.

Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2014 Dec;38(12):3052–3059. doi: 10.1111/acer.12570

Table 3.

Typical past-year drinking patterns for HIV-infected patients aware (n=146) versus unaware (n=85) of the medical risk of alcohol consumption.

	Aware of Medical Risk (n=146)	Not Aware of Risk (n=85)	Differences between groups: Generalized linear models
Drinks per drinking day: M(SD)	5.50 (3.02)	5.88 (4.24)	β=−0.01, X²=0.01, p=0.94
Frequency (1=never; 11=every day)^a: M(SD)	8.73 (1.82)	8.75 (1.82)	β=−0.02, X²=0.05, p=0.83
Maximum drinks per drinking day: M(SD)	11.11 (6.10)	11.86 (7.22)	β=−0.07, X²=0.72, p=0.39
Binge frequency (1=never; 11=every day)^a: M(SD)	7.46 (2.67)	7.48 (2.91)	β=−0.03, X²=0.14, p=0.70
Intoxication frequency (1=never; 11=every day)^a: M(SD)	6.75 (2.59)	6.89 (2.74)	β=0.04, X²=0.38, p=0.54

Note. Twenty-three patients who indicated that they were “not sure” about medical risk (n=21), who left this item blank (n=1), or who did not report on drinking (n=1) are omitted from these analyses. There were no significant differences in drinking between groups. β=beta and X²=chi-square value from generalized linear model.

Frequency response options are scaled such that: 1 = Never, 2 = 1 to 2 times in the last year, 3 = 3 to 6 times in the last year, 4 = 7 to 11 times in the last year, 5 = Once a month, 6 = 2 to 3 times a month, 7 = Once a week, 8 = 2 times a week, 9 = 3 to 4 times a week, 10 = Nearly every day, 11 = Every day.