Table 2.

Bivariate Associations of Alcohol Use and HIV Care Indicators¹

Variables		HIV care engagement
	Total (n=307)	Engaged (n=223)	Non-engaged (n=84)	p
Any drinks in the past week, percent	85.0%	82.5%	91.7%	.0418
# of drinks in the past week, mean	9.97	8.52	13.85	.0961
Any binge drinking days in the past week, percent	27.4%	25.6%	32.1%	.2273
# of binge drinking days in the past week, mean	.71	.61	.96	.1316
		Undetectable HIV viral load
	Total (n=309)	Undetectable VL (n=143)	Detectable VL (n=166)	p
Any drinks in the past week, percent	85.1%	85.3%	84.9%	.9240
# of drinks in the past week, mean	10.07	7.15	12.59	.0050
Any binge drinking days in the past week, percent	28.2%	24.5%	31.3%	.1421
# of binge drinking days in the past week, mean	.73	.50	.92	.0380

¹Sample size = 312 alcohol users but sample sizes vary slightly due to a small number of cases with missing data for several variables.