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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2016 Aug 18;29(4):418–422. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2016.1220478

Table 1.

Demographic and health characteristics of severe and moderate non-adherence groups.

Characteristic Severely Non-Adherent (N = 214) Moderately Non-Adherent (N = 342) X2

N % N %
Male 156 73 246 72
Female 58 27 96 28 0.1
African-American 203 95 313 92 7.4
Income < $10,000 149 70 210 61 5.0
Drug screen positive 135 63 191 56 5.3*
CD4 count < 200 cells/ml 50 23 61 18 2.7+
Detectable viral load 68 32 69 20 10.3**

Mean SD Mean SD t

Age [years] 43.5 9.8 45.7 9.9 2.5**
Education [years] 12.5 1.8 12.7 1.8 1.1
Years since testing HIV+ 12.8 7.6 13.5 8.0 0.9
HIV symptoms score 3.9 3.5 3.6 3.4 0.9
ART side effects score 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 1.4
CD4 count cells/cc3 426.5 277.8 492.1 380.7 2.1*
CESD-Depression score 14.7 9.0 13.2 8.5 1.9*
Stress score 3.9 2.8 3.3 2.3 2.5**
AUDIT-C alcohol score 4.7 2.1 4.5 1.7 0.8

Note

+

p < .10,

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01