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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 20.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2016 Jul 11;43(1):103–110. doi: 10.1080/00952990.2016.1191505

Table 2.

Bivariate and multivariable associations between marijuana use and durable viral suppression

Durable Viral Suppression (≤ 200 copies/ml)

Characteristics OR 95% CI p-value AOR 95% CI p-value
Age (vs. 18–29) .0036 .2145
 30–39 1.51 (0.95, 2.39) 1.16 (0.67, 2.01)
 40–49 1.68 (1.13, 2.51) 1.31 (0.80, 2.14)
 ≥ 50 2.28 (1.45, 3.58) 1.58 (0.97, 2.57)
Gender (vs. Female) .0133 .5738
 Male 1.34 (1.06, 1.70) 1.09 (0.81, 1.45)
Race/ethnicity (vs. White, Non-Hispanic) <.0001 <.0001
 Black, non-Hispanic 0.45 (0.35, 0.57) 0.51 (0.38, 0.69)
 Hispanic/Latino 0.67 (0.48, 0.95) 0.72 (0.50, 1.04)
 Asian 0.46 (0.24, 0.89) 0.51 (0.24, 1.05)
Homeless (vs. No) <.0001 <.0001
 Yes 0.24 (0.18, 0.34) 0.31 (0.21, 0.46)
Time since HIV diagnosis (vs. <5 yrs.) .0067 .0481
 5 – 9 1.91 (1.26, 2.88) 1.85 (1.13, 3.03)
 ≥ 10 1.59 (1.14, 2.23) 1.39 (1.00, 1.95)
Depression (vs. None-minimal) .0178 .2322
 Moderate/severe 0.88 (0.60, 1.28) 1.04 (0.71, 1.52)
 Severe 0.64 (0.47, 0.87) 0.75 (0.54, 1.05)
Alcohol use (vs. None) .3443 .8783
 Low to moderate drinking 1.07 (0.81, 1.43) 1.02 (0.74, 1.40)
 Hazardous 0.82 (0.58, 1.17) 0.92 (0.59, 1.41)
Cigarette use (vs. None) .0007 .0443
 Less than daily 0.88 (0.55, 1.39) 1.03 (0.64, 1.65)
 Daily 0.59 (0.45, 0.77) 0.67 (0.49, 0.92)
Other substance use (vs. None)
 Yes 0.67 (0.49, 0.90) .0102 0.92 (0.57, 1.49) .7492
Marijuana use (vs. None) .0580 .7205
 Less than daily 0.76 (0.53, 1.10) 0.83 (0.51, 1.37)
 Daily 0.68 (0.46, 0.99) 0.87 (0.58, 1.33)

Note – Model adjusted for survey year; OR=Odds Ratio; AOR=Adjusted Odds Ratio;

Includes cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines, hallucinogens, and other non-prescribed sedatives;