Table 5.

Characteristics of Hispanics (n = 194) by language background

Term	Spanish speakers, n = 116	English speakers, n = 78	p valuea
Demographic factors
Age, M (SD); range	38.30 (9.74)	37.14 (9.19)	0.40
Education, M (SD); range	10.49 (3.60)	12.64 (2.49)	<0.001
Male gender	74 %	87 %	0.02
HIV disease characteristics
Nadir CD4	77 (17, 230)	111 (19, 501)	0.33
Current CD4 count (cells/mm3)	329 (152, 534)	386 (161, 563)	0.37
ART prescribed	30 %	36 %	0.32
Detectable plasma RNA	54 %	58 %	0.64
AIDS	67 %	61 %	0.43
EDI (years)	6 (2, 10)b	5 (1, 12)c	0.84
Psychiatric comorbidities
Current major depression	15 %d	19 %e	0.56
Lifetime major depression	46 %d	50 %e	0.66
Current substance use disorder	2 %d	17 %e	<0.01
Lifetime substance use disorder	31 %d	83 %e	<0.001
Current depressed mood (BDI)	52 %	50 %	0.80
Medical comorbidities
Hypertension	8 %	14 %	0.16
Hyperlipidemia	14 %	8 %	0.18
Diabetes	6 %	3 %	0.31
Lifestyle factors
UDS+ (all drugs except marijuana)	8 %	9 %	0.76
UDS+ for marijuana	11 %	16 %	0.29
Current smoking	8 %	16 %	0.10
Ever smoked	11 %	18 %	0.13
ART adherence	80 %	79 %	0.83
Global SS, M (SD)	8.84 (2.13)	8.77 (1.91)	0.81
VACS Index	17 (10, 35)	17 (6, 27)	0.43

Values represent median (IQR) unless otherwise noted

ART antiretroviral therapy, BDI Beck Depression Inventory, EDI estimated duration of infection, NH non-Hispanic, UDS+ positive urine drug screen, VACS Veterans Aging Cohort Study

^aResults from independent sample t tests (or Wilcoxon rank-sum test) and chi-squared tests

^bFifteen missing

^cTwelve missing

^dSixty-eight missing

^eFourteen missing