Table 2.

Mean Baseline Values of HIV Disease Severity Across Baseline AUDIT-C Score Categories for Both Analytic Samples^*

CD4 Sample (n= 21,999)			Test for Trend p-value
Baseline AUDIT-C Score	N	Mean (SD) Baseline CD4	<0.001
0	10372	511.3 (303.8)
1–3 (1–2 for women)	8760	516.7 (293.6)
4–5 (3–5 for women)	1676	506.0 (284.2)
6–7	512	504.2 (313.5)
8–12	679	434.7 (278.0)
Viral Load Sample (n=22,143)
Baseline AUDIT-C Score	N	Mean (SD) Baseline logVL**	<0.001
0	10434	2.97 (0.68)
1–3 (1–2 for women)	8828	3.03 (0.74)
4–5 (3–5 for women)	1705	3.06 (0.74)
6–7	502	3.11 (0.80)
8–12	674	3.26 (0.88)
		N (%) with Detectable VL	<0.001
0	10434	1,979 (19.0)
1–3 (1–2 for women)	8828	2,011 (22.8)
4–5 (3–5 for women)	1705	447 (26.2)
6–7	502	149 (29.7)
8–12	674	246 (36.5)

^*Analyses were conducted at the patient (as opposed to the observation) level

^**Estimates for baseline logVL are high relative to current targets for suppression (<1.7 logs / < 50); viral suppression in the present study was at <2.7 logs / <500 copies/ml.