Table 1.
Patient Demographic Characteristics and Comparison of Health Outcomes Between Groups
| Variable | All Groups | Group 1: ID Physician Only |
Group 2: ID Physician and PCP at HIV Clinic |
Group 3: ID Physician and PCP at separate locations |
P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients, no. (%) | 916 (100) | 168 (18) | 405 (44) | 343 (38) | |
| Age, y, mean ± SD | 53 ± 10 | 50 ± 10 | 53 ± 10 | 53 ± 10 | <.001 |
| Male sex, no. (%) | 851 (93) | 145 (92) | 380 (94) | 317 (92) | <.241 |
| Race, no. (%) | |||||
| White | 597 (72) | 110 (78) | 268 (72) | 219 (68) | |
| African American | 106 (13) | 10 7) | 46 (12) | 50 (15) | |
| Asian | 43 (5) | 8 (6) | 19 (5) | 16 (5) | |
| Native American | 3 (0.36) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.5) | 2 (0.3) | |
| Other | 80 (10) | 12 (9) | 35 (9) | 33 (10) | |
| Non-Hispanic ethnicity | 740 (88) | 122 (86) | 341 (90) | 277 (85) | |
| Diagnosis of ≥1 comorbidity, no. (%) | 516 (56) | 68 (40) | 68 (61) | 249 (58) | <.001 |
| Hyperlipidemia, no. (%) | 327 (36) | 39 (23) | 154 (38) | 134 (39) | <.001 |
| Hypertension, no. (%) | 323 (35) | 39 (23) | 147 (36) | 137 (40) | <.001 |
| Diabetes (type I and II) , no. (%) | 150 (16) | 14 (8) | 87 (21) | 49 (14) | <.001 |
| Laboratory value, no. (%) | |||||
| LDL level >100 mg/dL | 76 (53) | 23 (69) | 72 (55) | 57 (50) | .134 |
| HbA1c level >7.0% | 30 (5) | 2 (15) | 16 (17) | 5 (11) | .703 |
| Blood pressure >130/80 mm Hg | 475 (53) | 28 (72) | 95 (65) | 90 (66) | .745 |
Abbreviations: CARE, UCLA Center for Clinical AIDS Research and Education; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; ID, infectious diseases; LDL, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; PCP, primary care physician.