Table 1.
Baseline demographic and behavioral characteristics of a cohort of HIV-positive PLWH in Saint Petersburg, Russia (N = 700) overall and stratified by alcohol-dependence
| Overall, (n = 700) N (percent) or mean and SD* |
Alcohol dependent (n = 446) |
Not alcohol dependent (n = 254) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | ||||
| Age | 30.1 (5.2) | 30.2 (5.2) | 29.9 (5.1) | 0.59 |
| Female | 285 (40.7%) | 165 (37.0%) | 120 (47.2%) | 0.01 |
| Married or living with partner | 251 (35.9%) | 156 (35.1%) | 95 (37.4%) | 0.53 |
| Employed regularly | 511 (73.0%) | 330 (74.0%) | 181 (71.3%) | 0.43 |
| <9 Grades of education | 156 (22.3%) | 103 (23.1%) | 53 (20.9%) | 0.50 |
| Covariates | ||||
| Physical health score | 44.6 (9.4) | 44.4 (9.9) | 45.0 (8.4) | 0.43 |
| Mental health score | 37.8 (10.8) | 36.3 (10.7) | 40.4 (10.6) | <0.0001 |
| Years since HIV diagnosis | 4.4 (3.6) | 4.3 (3.5) | 4.5 (3.6) | 0.58 |
| Any lifetime suicide attempts | 406 (58.0%) | 275 (38.3%) | 131 (51.6%) | <0.01 |
| Moderate or severe depressive symptoms | 294 (42.0%) | 216 (48.4%) | 78 (30.7%) | <0.0001 |
| Drug-dependence | 434 (62.1%) | 293 (65.7%) | 141 (55.7%) | <0.01 |
| Social support, median | 344 (49.1%) | 212 (47.6%) | 132 (53.0%) | 0.18 |
| Men who have sex with men | 15 (3.6%) | 11 (3.9%) | 4 (3.0%) | 0.78 |
*
Standard deviation
Chi square testing used for categorical data and Fisher’s exact test used for low expected cell counts. Student’s t-test used for continuous data