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. 2019 Jan 15;9(1):e024277. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024277

Table 1.

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the overall sample (n=40) and by chronic condition subgroup

Variable Overall sample Treatment for HIV Treatment for diabetes
 N (%) Yes (n=22)
N (%)
No (n=18)
N (%)
P value Yes (n=20)
N (%)
No (n=20)
N (%)
P value
Gender: Female 34 (85.0%) 18 (81.8) 16 (88.9) 0.673 18 (90.0) 16 (80.0) 0.661
Race: Mixed race ancestry 22 (55.0%) 8 (36.4) 14 (77.8) 0.012* 14 (70.0) 8 (40.0) 0.111
Education 0.408 0.337
 Some primary 12 (30.0) 7 (31.8) 5 (27.8) 7 (35.0) 5 (25.0)
 Some secondary 23 (57.5) 11 (50.0) 12 (66.7) 12 (60.0) 11 (55.0)
 Completed secondary 5 (12.5) 4 (18.2) 1 (5.6) 1 (5.0) 4 (20.0)
Employment (yes) 14 (35.0) 10 (45.5) 4 (22.2) 0.186 5 (25.0) 9 (45.0) 0.320
Age in years (M, SD) 44 (12.2) 38.9 (9.7) 50.3 (12.2) 0.002* 50.0 (11.8) 38.1 (9.5) 0.001*
AUDIT ≥8 8 (20.0) 6 (27.3) 2 (11.1) 0.258 2 (10.0) 6 (30.0) 0.235
CES-D ≥16 38 (95.0) 20 (90.9) 18 (100) 0.492 20 (100) 18 (90.0) 0.487

*Significant association at p<0.05.

AUDIT, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; CES-D, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression.