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. 2019 Dec 4;18:2325958219888462. doi: 10.1177/2325958219888462

Table 3.

Results of the Multivariate Model Predicting Behavioral and Biological Health Outcomes for HIV-Positive Older Adults.a

ART Adherence Undetectable Viral Load Percentage of CD4 Count
B 95% CI β B 95% CI β B 95% CI β
Age 0.82 −0.46 to 2.12 0.11 0.04 −0.03 to 0.11 0.13 0.10 −0.49 to 0.67 0.03
Gender (1 = female) 8.05 −4.05 to 19.53 0.13 0.00 −0.57 to 0.57 0.00 2.89 −2.08 to 8.11 0.11
Race (1 = White) −0.17 −16.41 to 15.65 0.00 −0.41 −1.15 to 0.33 −0.11 1.17 −5.39 to 8.07 0.03
Income (1 = US$30 000+) 7.44 −13.49 to 28.99 0.07 −1.04 −2.20 to 0.01 −0.22 1.68 −7.32 to 11.08 0.03
Years since HIV diagnosis −0.19 −0.99 to 0.58 −0.04 0.01 −0.03 to 0.05 0.05 −0.33 −0.67 to 0.01 −0.17
HIV stigma −0.36 −1.29 to 0.63 −0.08 0.04 −0.01 to 0.08 0.19 −0.51 −0.92 to −0.09 −0.26b
Depressive symptoms −0.06 −1.10 to 0.99 −0.01 0.00 −0.06 to 0.05 −0.02 0.15 −0.31 to 0.61 0.07
Loneliness 0.68 −0.49 to 1.86 0.13 −0.02 −0.08 to 0.04 −0.10 0.13 −0.38 to 0.64 0.06
Alcohol use problems −0.49 −2.25 to 1.30 −0.05 −0.02 −0.11 to 0.07 −0.04 0.37 −0.40 to 1.14 0.09
Drug use problems 0.08 −2.14 to 2.22 0.01 0.00 −0.11 to 0.11 0.00 −0.17 −1.15 to 0.79 −0.03
ART adherence - - - 0.02 0.01 to 0.03 0.40c - - -
Viral load (1 = undetectable) - - - - - - 2.54 0.13 to 4.95 0.25b
R 2 0.12c 0.37c 0.20c

Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral therapy; 95% CI, 95% credibility interval.

a N = 120. Analyses were conducted as simultaneous regressions using Bayes estimation. Undetectable viral load was treated as a binary variable with a logit link.

bP < .05.

cP < .001.