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. 2018 Mar;108(3):385–392. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.304250

TABLE 1—

Characteristics of Participants Enrolled Stratified by Study Arm: HIV-Infected Individuals Leaving Jail, San Francisco, CA, 2010–2013

Characteristics All TAU NAV P
Gender, no. (%) .54
 Male 220 (81.48) 106 (79.7) 114 (83.21)
 Female 33 (12.22) 18 (13.53) 15 (10.95)
 Trans, male-to-female 16 (5.93) 9 (6.77) 7 (5.11)
 Trans, female-to-male 1 (0.37) 0 (0) 1 (0.73)
Age, y, mean ±SD 43.19 ±10.72 43.35 ±11.98 43.03 ±9.38 .81
Education, no. (%) .19
 < high school 83 (30.74) 35 (26.32) 48 (35.04)
 High-school diploma or GED 150 (55.56) 76 (57.14) 74 (54.01)
 College or grad work 37 (13.70) 22 (16.54) 15 (10.95)
Race/ethnicity, no. (%) .17
 Non-Hispanic Black 118 (43.70) 60 (45.11) 58 (42.34)
 Non-Hispanic White 78 (28.89) 31 (23.31) 47 (34.31)
 Hispanic or Latino 41 (15.19) 22 (16.54) 19 (13.87)
 Other 33 (12.22) 20 (15.04) 13 (9.49)
Sexual orientation, no. (%) .70
 Gay or lesbian 67 (24.81) 32 (24.06) 35 (25.55)
 Bisexual 67 (24.81) 29 (21.8) 38 (27.74)
 Straight or heterosexual 133 (49.29) 71 (53.38) 62 (45.26)
 Other 3 (1.11) 1 (0.75) 2 (1.46)
Mental health score, SF-12,a mean ±SD 34.58 ±11.62 33.42 ±12.75 35.70 ±10.35 .15
Physical health score, SF-12,a mean ±SD 45.03 ±8.20 45.04 ±8.17 45.02 ±8.22 .98
Self-reported route of infection, no. (%) .47
 Sex with an HIV-infected man 111 (41.26) 58 (43.61) 53 (38.97)
 Sex with an HIV-infected woman 57 (21.19) 23 (17.29) 34 (25.00)
 Needles or injection 80 (29.74) 39 (29.32) 41 (30.15)
 Other 21 (7.81) 13 (9.77) 8 (5.88)
Risky sex in the 30 d prior to jail,a no. (%) 59 (21.77) 24 (18.05) 35 (25.55) .14
Alcohol use in 30 d prior to jail, no. (%)
 Any alcohol 178 (65.93) 87 (65.41) 91 (66.42) .86
 Alcohol more than once per wk prior to jail 134 (49.63) 65 (47.44) 69 (51.88) .42
Meet criteria for alcohol abuse on AUDIT screening, no. (%) 90 (33.33) 40 (29.19) 50 (37.59) .26
Drug use in 30 d prior to jail, no. (%) 255 (94.44) 125 (91.24) 130 (97.74) .75
 Weekly drug usea 204 (75.56) 92 (69.17) 112 (84.2) .016
 Methamphetamine—any 171 (63.33) 83 (60.58) 88 (66.16) .76
 Methamphetamine > 1 per wka 107 (39.63) 44 (32.11) 63 (47.37) .012
 Crack—any 153 (56.67) 76 (55.47) 77 (57.89) .88
 Crack > 1 per wka 99 (36.67) 47 (34.3) 52 (39.12) .46
 Heroin—any 80 (29.62) 40 (29.2) 39 (29.32) .77
 Heroin > 1 per wka 37 (13.72) 21 (15.32) 16 (12.03) .31
Meet criteria for substance abuse on the DAST, no. (%) 229 (84.81) 111 (83.46) 118 (86.13) .54
Meet criteria for severe substance abuse on the DAST, no. (%) 22 (8.15) 10 (7.52) 12 (8.76) .71
History of detentions
 Median age at first detention, y 18 18 17
 Median no. of detentions, ever 15 15 15
 Any detentions in y prior to index detention, no. (%) 190 (70.9) 92 (69.17) 98 (72.59) .54
 Mean no. of detentions in y prior to index detention, mean ±SD 1.76 ±1.86 1.57 ±1.67 1.96 ±2.01
 Mean length of index incarceration, d, mean ±SD 98.30 ±129.02 97.90 ±106.50 98.79 ±148.30
 Retained in care in y prior to index detention, no. (%) 120 (44.44) 61 (45.86) 59 (43.07) .70

Note. AUDIT = Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; DAST = Drug Abuse Screening Test; GED = general equivalency diploma; NAV = enhanced peer navigation group; SF-12 = 12-item Short Form Survey; TAU = treatment as usual.

a

The entire sample did not answer this question either because that indicator was not collected for all individuals or because it is restricted by a skip pattern.