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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Behav. 2018 Mar 31;84:110–117. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.03.033

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of persons living with HIV enrolled in the Health and Motivation alcohol use intervention study.

Characteristic Participants

N=614

Median age (IQR), years 49.4 (42.8, 57.2)

Age (years), %
 20–39 19.1
 40–49 31.4
 50–59 31.8
 ≥60 17.8

Men, % 97.1

Race/ethnicity, %
 Non-Hispanic White 62.7
 Non-Hispanic Black 9.1
 Hispanic 14.0
 Other 4.0
 Unknown 9.8

Education, %
 ≤ High school 25.4
 Some college/college degree 52.3
 Graduate school 22.3

Employed, % 72.5

Income >$50,000, % 60.8

Married/domestic partner/intimate partner, % 43.8

HIV exposure risk factor, %
 Men who have sex with men 73.1
 Injection drug use 6.4
 Heterosexual/Other 4.4
 Unknown 16.1

Moderate/Severe Anxiety, % 13.8

Moderate/Severe Depression, % 16.1

Tobacco use prior 30 days, % 24.4

Marijuana use prior 30 days, % 49.8

Other substance use1 prior 30 days, % 27.4

Median years known HIV-positive (IQR) 14.3 (6.5, 22.3)

On antiretrovirals, % 97.4

Median CD4 T-cells/μl (IQR) 638 (477, 836)

HIV RNA<75 copies/mL, % 93.5

IQR, interquartile range

1

Prescription drug use other than as prescribed, tranquilizers, stimulants, cocaine, painkillers, heroin, hallucinogens, and ecstasy