Table 3.

Beliefs about Quitting Smoking Related to HIV, Mood, Substance Use, and Pain

Variable	Men Mdn (IQR)	Women Mdn (IQR)	Significance
HIV-related items
T-cell count will go up.	4.0 (2.0–6.0)	5.0 (3.0–6.0)	p = 0.123
My viral load will go down.	3.0 (2.0–5.3)	4.0 (1.0–6.0)	p = 0.824
I will be less likely to get infections.	4.0 (2.5–6.0)	5.0 (3.0–6.0)	p = 0.199
I will be more committed to my HIV care.	5.0 (2.3–6.0)	5.0 (2.0–6.0)	p = 0.812
I will take my HIV medications more reliably.	5.0 (2.0–6.0)	5.0 (1.0–6.0)	p = 0.794
Mood-related items
I will feel more depressed.	3.0 (0.0–5.0)	4.0 (1.5–6.0)	p = 0.091
I will feel more anxious.	3.0 (0.3–5.0)	3.0 (2.0–5.8)	p = 0.231
Substance use-related item
I will be more likely to relapse to use of other substances or drugs.	1.0 (0.0–4.3)	1.0 (0.0–3.3)	p = 0.886
Pain-related item
I will have more trouble managing pain.	1.0 (0.0–53.0)	2.0 (0.0–4.5)	p = 0.117

Key: IQR, interquartile range; Mdn, median

Range of all items=1=7