Table 1.

Demographic information and clinical characteristics of 38 sexual minority men living with HIV by low and high minority stress

	Low sexual minority stress (n=20)	High sexual minority stress (n=18)	Difference, p
	M (SD)	M (SD)
Age	41.6 (8.2)	46.0 (5.3)	0.06
Time since HIV diagnosis	13.8 (8.4)	12.9 (8.2)	0.73
CD4+ T-cell count (cells/mm3)	708.3 (273.6)	780.4 (280.3)	0.43
Methamphetamine use days (past 30 days)	5.0 (6.5)	8.1 (8.8)	0.22
ASI drug score	0.1 (0.1)	0.2 (0.1)	0.10
ASI alcohol score	0.1 (0.1)	0.2 (0.1)	0.48
CES-D depression	22.6 (13.7)	28.7 (11.8)	0.15
PCL-C PTSD	48.4 (15.0)	52.2 (13.0)	0.41
Log10 interleukin-6 (IL-6)	0.3 (0.3)	0.4 (0.3)	0.29
Log10 tumor necrosis factor – alpha (TNF-α)	1.7 (0.2)	1.7 (0.2)	0.96
	n (%)	n (%)
Sexual orientation			0.36
Gay	17 (85.0%)	14 (77.8%)
Bisexual	2 (10.0%)	4 (22.2%)
Heterosexual	1 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Race/ethnicity			0.32
Asian,	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.6%)
African American/Black	2 (10.0%)	2 (11.1%)
Hispanic/Latino	3 (15.0%)	6 (33.3%)
Multiracial	2 (10.0%)	3 (16.7%)
White	13 (65.0%)	6 (33.3%)
ART Regimen			0.06
INSTI & NRTI	3 (15.8%)	8 (50.0%)
Boosted PI & NRTI	6 (31.6%)	2 (12.5%)
NNRTI & NRTI	5 (26.3%)	6 (37.5%)
Other HAART	4 (21.0%)	0 (0.0%)
No HAART	1 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)
Undetectable HIV viral load (< 40 copies/mL)	16 (80.0%)	14 (77.8%)	0.87
Urine positive for stimulants	8 (40.0%)	12 (66.7%)	0.10

Abbreviations: ART = antiretroviral therapy; ASI = Addiction Severity Index; CES-D = Center for the Epidemiologic Study -Depression Scale; HAART = highly active anti-retroviral therapy; INSTI = integrase strand transfer inhibitor; M = mean; NNRTI = non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; NRTI = nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; PCL-C = PTSD Checklist – Civilian Version; PI = protease inhibitor; PTSD = post traumatic stress disorder; SD = standard deviation