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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J STD AIDS. 2018 Jun 26;29(12):1174–1182. doi: 10.1177/0956462418779663

Table 1.

Distribution of sociodemographic characteristics overall and by self-reported viral suppression and substance use.

N (%) Virally Suppressed n = 208 N (%) Not virally suppressed n = 101 N (%) P-valuea Substance use (Mean, SD) P-valuea
Age in years (Mean, SD) 42.3, 11.0 45.3, 10.2 38.1, 10.9 <0.00l −0.238b <0.001c
 18–24 21 (6.8) 7 (3.4) 14 (13.9) <0.00l l4.0 (6.9) <0.001
 25–34 56 (18.1) 29 (13.9) 27 (26.7) l6.7 (6.2)
 35–49 137 (44.3) 94 (45.2) 43 (42.6) l4.0 (5.5)
 ≥50 95 (30.7) 78 (37.5) 17 (16.8) 12.l (5.0)
Race <0.00l 0.724
 Black 132 (42.7) 73 (35.1) 59 (58.4) 14.0 (6.3)
 White 177 (57.3) l35 (64.9) 42 (41.6) 13.8 (5.3)
Ethnicity 0.966 0.779
 Hispanic 16 (5.6) 5 (5.7) 11 (5.6) l3.6 (4.5)
 Not Hispanic 270 (94.4) 187 (94.0) 83 (94.4 l4.0 (5.9)
Education 0.165 0.094
 Less than high school 33 (10.7) 21 (11.9) 12 (10.1) l4.6 (5.4)
 High school 73 (23.6) 4 (22.1) 27 (26.7) 14.6 (7.1)
 Some college 130 (42.l) 84 (40.4) 46 (45.5) l4.0 (5.6)
 College graduate/Graduate school 73 (23.6) 57 (27.4) 16 (15.8) 12.6 (4.6)
Income 0.028 0.027
 $0-$500 90 (29.1) 52 (25.0) 38 (37.6) 15.3 (6.4)
 $501-$1000 88 (28.5) 58 (27.9) 30 (29.7) l3.7 (5.7)
 $1001 + 131 (42.4) 98 (47.l) 33 (32.7) 13.1 (5.2)
Employment 0.782 0.840
 Employed 95 (30.7) 65 (31.3) 30 (29.7) l3.8 (5.7)
 Unemployed 214 (69.3) 143 (68.8) 7l (70.3) l3.9 (5.8)
Time since diagnosis (years) (Mean, SD) 10.9, 8.2 12.5, 7.7 8.7, 8.6 <0.00l −0.148b 0.010c
 ≤1 year 36 (11.7) 8 (3.9) 28 (27.7) <0.00l l6.9 (6.0) 0.014
 >1 to <5 years 61 (19.7) 40 (19.2) 21 (20.8) l4.0 (5.9)
 >5 to <10 years 52 (16.8) 40 (l9.2) 12 (11.9) l3.8 (5.3)
 > 10 years 160 (51.8) 120 (57.7) 40 (39.6) l3.2 (5.6)
Location <0.00l 0.002
 Southeastern MSA 159 (51.5) 121 (58.2) 38 (37.6) l2.9 (5.6)
 Midwestern MSA 150 (48.5) 87 (41.8) 63 (62.4) 14.9 (5.8)
Substance use (Whetten) (Mean, SD) 13.9 (5.8) 12.9 (5.1) l5.9 (6.5) <0.00l
 Yes 224 (72.5) 140 (67.3) 84 (83.2) 0.003
 No 85 (27.5) 68 (32.7) l7 (l6.8)

MSA: metropolitan statistical area.

a

P-values are based on Chi square statistic for categorical variables and F statistic from the Welch’s test for continuous variables.

b

Pearson correlation coefficients.

c

P-value based on |r|.