Table 1.
Participant Characteristics (n = 307).
| Total (n = 307) |
Black (n = 199) |
Latino (n = 92) |
Othera (n = 16) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % |
| Age | ||||||||
| Mean (±SD) | 47.9 (5.9) | – | 48.51 (5.95) | – | 46.53 (5.75) | – | 47.69 (6.24) | – |
| Range | 33–59 | – | 33–59 | – | 33–56 | – | 33–57 | – |
| High school diploma/GED | 177 | 57.7 | 116 | 58.29 | 52 | 56.52 | 9 | 56.25 |
| Monthly income | ||||||||
| Mean (±SD) $ | 815.13 (399.82) | – | 828.26 (401.66) | – | 775.64 (376.0) | – | 878.81 (508.46) | – |
| Range | 0–1,670 | – | 0–1,670 | – | 100–1,670 | – | 0–1,670 | – |
| Number of lifetime discrimination events | ||||||||
| 0 | 42 | 13.7 | 26 | 13.07 | 15 | 16.3 | 1 | 6.25 |
| 1 | 111 | 36.2 | 70 | 35.18 | 33 | 35.87 | 8 | 50 |
| 2 | 63 | 20.5 | 42 | 21.11 | 18 | 19.57 | 3 | 18.75 |
| 3+ | 91 | 29.6 | 59 | 29.65 | 24 | 26.09 | 4 | 25 |
| Number of HIV symptoms in past month | ||||||||
| Mean (±SD) | 3.83 (2.68) | – | 3.72 (2.73) | – | 3.95 (2.63) | – | 4.5 (2.34) | |
| Range | 0–11 | – | 0–11 | – | 0–11 | – | 0–9 | |
| Social support score (scored 1–5) | ||||||||
| Mean (±SD) | 2.58 (0.85) | – | 2.59 (0.81) | – | 2.52 (0.91) | – | 2.79 (1.01) | |
| Range | 0.5–4.75 | – | 0.5–4.75 | – | 0.64–4.58 | – | 0.58–4.42 | |
| Anxiety score (scored 1–4) | ||||||||
| Mean (±SD) | 1.95 (0.67) | – | 1.9 (0.65) | – | 2.07 (0.67) | – | 1.89 (0.63) | |
| Range | 1.0–3.5 | – | 1.0–3.5 | – | 1.0–3.5 | – | 1.14–3.43 | |
| CD4+ | ||||||||
| Mean (±SD) | 446.77 (259.0) | – | 454.4 (262.3) | – | 437.02 (256.12) | – | 407.94 (242.6) | |
| Range | 4–995 | – | 4–995 | – | 20–995 | – | 50–792 | |
| Ever diagnosed with AIDS | 162 | 52.8 | 102 | 51.26 | 50 | 54.35 | 10 | 62.5 |
Note. a “Other” racial/ethnic category consisted of nine self-identified mixed racial/ethnic participants (all included Black/African American or Latino); one Native American; and six Caucasian participants. GED = general equivalency diploma.