Table 1.

Demographic and health characteristics of people who had ART adherence below and above 80% of pills taken.

Characteristics	Less than or equal to 80% Adherence N = 61		Greater than 80% Adherence N = 117		X2
	N	%	N	%
Male	49	80	95	81
Female	12	20	22	19	0.02
African-American	56	92	112	95	0.80
Latino	2	3	3	2
Other non-white	3	5	3	2
Unemployed	44	74	90	76	0.1
Aware of most recent viral load	25	41	68	58	4.5*
Viral load detectable	22	36	33	28	1.2
CD4 < 200 cell/mL	8	13	21	18	0.6
	M	SD	M	SD	t
Age	38.4	11.5	43.3	9.9	2.9**
Years of education	13.2	1.7	12.9	1.7	1.1
Years since HIV diagnosis	9.9	7.4	11.1	8.2	0.9
CD4 cell count	467.9	253.5	476.2	291.3	0.2
ART side effects	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.8+
HIV symptoms	41	3.2	3.6	3.3	0.9
Race-based medical mistrust	2.0	0.6	1.9	0.6	1.4
Necessity beliefs	3.9	0.7	4.2	0.7	2.3**
Concerns beliefs	2.6	0.9	2.5	0.8	0.9

Note:

⁺p < 10

^*p < .05

^**p < .01.