Table 2.
Clinical and demographic characteristics of current non-drinkers by prior alcohol use disorder status among persons living with HIV in clinical care at 6 CNICS sites across the U.S. from 1/2013 to 3/2015
| N=2235 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total N=2235 |
No prior alcohol use disorder N=1436 |
Prior alcohol use disorder N=799 |
P value | ||||
| 100% | 64 | % | 36 | % | |||
| Sex | <0.001 | ||||||
| Male | 1753 | 78% | 1075 | 75% | 678 | 85% | |
| Female | 482 | 22% | 361 | 25% | 121 | 15% | |
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| Age (years) | 0.1 | ||||||
| <30 | 115 | 5% | 85 | 6% | 30 | 4% | |
| 30–39 | 348 | 16% | 228 | 16% | 120 | 15% | |
| 40–49 | 748 | 33% | 469 | 33% | 279 | 35% | |
| 50–59 | 753 | 34% | 472 | 33% | 281 | 35% | |
| ≥60 | 271 | 12% | 182 | 13% | 89 | 11% | |
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| Race/ethnicity | <0.001 | ||||||
| White | 972 | 43% | 542 | 38% | 430 | 54% | |
| Black | 787 | 35% | 567 | 39% | 220 | 28% | |
| Hispanic | 359 | 16% | 255 | 18% | 104 | 13% | |
| Other | 117 | 5% | 72 | 5% | 45 | 6% | |
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| HIV transmission risk factor | <0.001 | ||||||
| MSM | 1131 | 51% | 740 | 52% | 391 | 49% | |
| IDU* | 399 | 18% | 147 | 10% | 252 | 32% | |
| Heterosexual | 634 | 28% | 493 | 34% | 141 | 18% | |
| Other | 71 | 3% | 56 | 4% | 15 | 2% | |
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| CD4+ cell count (nadir) | 0.03 | ||||||
| <350 | 1564 | 70% | 1032 | 72% | 532 | 67% | |
| 350–499 | 319 | 14% | 186 | 13% | 133 | 17% | |
| ≥500 | 330 | 15% | 202 | 14% | 128 | 16% | |
| Missing | 22 | 1% | 16 | 1% | 6 | 1% | |
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| CD4+ cell count (current) | 0.5 | ||||||
| <350 | 548 | 25% | 363 | 25% | 185 | 23% | |
| 350–499 | 418 | 19% | 268 | 19% | 150 | 19% | |
| ≥500 | 1247 | 56% | 789 | 55% | 458 | 57% | |
| Missing | 22 | 1% | 16 | 1% | 6 | 1% | |
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| Currently receiving ART | 0.4 | ||||||
| No | 242 | 11% | 162 | 11% | 80 | 10% | |
| Yes | 1993 | 89% | 1274 | 89% | 719 | 90% | |
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| Current viral load | 0.03 | ||||||
| Detectable | 310 | 14% | 216 | 15% | 94 | 12% | |
| Undetectable | 1895 | 85% | 1197 | 83% | 698 | 87% | |
| Missing | 30 | 1% | 23 | 2% | 7 | 1% | |
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| Hepatitis C virus | <0.001 | ||||||
| No | 1819 | 81% | 1246 | 87% | 573 | 71% | |
| Yes | 416 | 19% | 190 | 13% | 226 | 28% | |
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| Depression symptoms (PHQ-9) | <0.001 | ||||||
| None | 1189 | 53% | 814 | 57% | 375 | 47% | |
| Mild | 485 | 22% | 292 | 20% | 193 | 24% | |
| Moderate | 460 | 21% | 270 | 19% | 190 | 24% | |
| Severe | 101 | 5% | 60 | 4% | 41 | 5% | |
IDU: injection drug use: MSM: men who have sex with men; ART: antiretroviral therapy
*
IDU includes patients who report being both MSM and IDU
Those with a prior alcohol use disorder including those with a previous alcohol use disorder in the electronic medical record or those who reported on the clinical assessment that they had ever been in alcohol treatment or attended Alcoholics Anonymous for an alcohol problem