Table 2.
Frequencies and prevalence odds ratios for syndemic factors and baseline viral suppression among 106 recently-incarcerated, HIV-infected participants in the CARE+ Corrections study
| Total n (%) |
Virally suppressed n (%) |
p-value | Unadjusted POR (95% CI) |
Adjusted PORa (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mental illness diagnosis | 0.26 | ||||
| Yes | 91 (85.85) | 58 (63.74) | 0.44 (0.12–1.67) | 0.34 (0.08–1.49) | |
| No | 15 (14.15) | 12 (80.00) | 1.00 (ref) | 1.00 (ref) | |
| Hazardous alcohol use (12 months pre-incarceration) | 0.71 | ||||
| Yes | 30 (28.30) | 19 (63.33) | 0.85 (0.35–2.05) | 0.58 (0.19–1.76) | |
| No | 76 (71.71) | 51 (67.11) | 1.00 (ref) | 1.00 (ref) | |
| Drug dependence (12 months pre-incarceration) | 0.59 | ||||
| Yes | 61 (57.55) | 39 (63.93) | 0.80 (0.35–1.82) | 0.80 (0.30–2.11) | |
| No | 45 (42.45) | 31 (68.89) | 1.00 (ref) | 1.00 (ref) | |
| Syndemic scoreb | 0.56 | ||||
| 0 | 7 (6.60) | 6 (85.71) | 1.00 (ref) | 1.00 (ref) | |
| 1 | 34 (32.08) | 22 (64.71) | 0.31 (0.03–2.84) | 0.14 (0.01–1.67) | |
| 2 | 47 (44.34) | 32 (68.09) | 0.36 (0.04–3.22) | 0.17 (0.02–1.79) | |
| 3 | 18 (16.98) | 10 (55.56) | 0.21 (0.02–2.10) | 0.09 (0.01–1.26) |
POR (prevalence odds ratio); CI (confidence interval)
a Adjusted for age, gender, time of HIV diagnosis, and CD4 count
b Syndemic score is comprised of mental illness, hazardous alcohol use, and drug dependence