Table I.
Characteristics of HIV-infected ART-naïve cohorts from Uganda and Russia stratified by heavy alcohol use in the propensity score weighted samples
| Characteristic | Russia ARCH cohort n=348 |
Uganda ARCH cohort n=444 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current abstinence or non-heavy alcohol use | Current heavy alcohol use | Standardized Difference | Current abstinence or non-heavy alcohol use | Current heavy alcohol use | Standardized Difference | |
| Male | 71.0% | 70.6% | −0.01 | 32.1% | 31.1% | −0.02 |
| Age mean (SD) | 34.1 (9.7) | 33.7 (7.1) | −0.04 | 34.1 (13.6) | 34.1 (15.0) | 0.00 |
| Greater than basic education | 76.2% | 77.9% | 0.04 | 30.0% | 32.8% | 0.06 |
| Married1 | 42.8% | 43.1% | 0.01 | 49.7% | 43.0% | −0.13 |
| Income tertile or asset category | ||||||
| Lowest | 37.2% | 37.4% | 0.00 | 38.5% | 37.1% | −0.03 |
| Middle | 31.3% | 31.3% | 0.00 | 41.1% | 42.7% | 0.03 |
| Highest | 31.5% | 31.3% | −0.01 | 20.4% | 20.2% | 0.00 |
| Current injection drug use (30 days) | 33.4% | 40.6% | 0.15 | 0% | 0% | – |
| Alcohol dependence (12 months) | 59.0% | 61.4% | 0.05 | 3.1% | 37.0% | 0.93 |
| Drug dependence (12 months) | 56.2% | 55.7% | −0.01 | – | – | – |
| Low social support | 49.1% | 49.7% | 0.01 | 51.4% | 55.8% | 0.09 |
| CD4 count2 mean (SD) | 558 (587) | 520 (342) | −0.08 | 571 (271) | 571 (296) | 0.00 |
| HIV symptom count high (4 weeks) | 73.2% | 43.4% | −0.63 | 62.6% | 65.1% | 0.05 |
| Religion | ||||||
| Catholic | – | – | – | 36.5% | 35.7% | −0.02 |
| Protestant/Anglican | – | – | – | 47.6% | 45.9% | −0.03 |
| Muslim/Saved/other | – | – | – | 15.9% | 18.4% | 0.07 |
| Literate | – | – | – | 68.3% | 67.6% | −0.01 |
| Food insecurity (insecure vs. secure) | 53.8% | 48.2% | −0.11 | 83.5% | 83.4% | 0.00 |
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Severe food insecurity (severe vs. moderate, mild, secure) |
24.8% | 21.9% | −0.07 | 28.2% | 36.6% | 0.18 |
1
In Russia ARCH cohort, married or living with partner
2
In Russia ARCH cohort, n=246; in Uganda ARCH cohort, n=444