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. 2018 Dec 17;15(12):2888. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15122888

Table 2.

Antiretroviral therapy and substance abuse status (n = 482).

Characteristics Depression p-Value
Yes No Total
n % n % n %
HIV period 0.04 *
 Asymptomatic 69 76.7 308 84.2 377 82.7
 Symptomatic 19 21.1 43 11.7 62 13.6
 AIDS 2 2.2 15 4.1 17 3.7
Satisfied with treatment results 80 85.1 345 94.8 425 92.8 <0.01 *
Early ART initiation (cell/μL) 0.65 *
 <350 38 46.4 130 46.9 168 46.8
 350 ≤ CD4 cell count < 500 22 26.8 62 22.4 84 23.4
 ≥500 22 26.8 85 30.7 107 29.8
Types of service 0.10 *
 Having HCT service 49 51.0 229 60.4 278 58.5
 No HCT service 47 49.0 150 39.6 197 41.5
Hazardous drinking 28 29.2 121 31.9 149 31.0 0.60 *
Binge drinking 31 32.3 121 31.9 152 32.0 0.94 *
Smoking 59 61.5 195 51.6 254 53.6 0.08 *
Drug user 53 55.2 156 41.2 209 44.0 0.01 *
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD p-Value
ARV duration (year) 3.3 2.5 3.9 2.5 3.8 2.5 0.02
Number of CD4 cells at the start of ART 383 267 391 248 389 252 0.67
Number of CD4 cells at the last test 444 265 461 237 455 244 0.47

* χ2 test; Mann–Whitney test; significance level was p < 0.01.