Table 2.

Differences in Participant Characteristics by Loneliness Severity.

	Lonelya N=58 (40%)	Not lonely N=88 (60%)	p
	Frequencies
Age group (χ2=0.62)			.73
50-59	44	68
60-64	12	15
>=65	2	5
Gender (χ2=0.16)			.92
Male	36	52
Female	21	34
Other	1	2
Race (χ2=0.12)			.94
White	5	7
Black/AA	49	76
Other	4	5
Sexual orientation (χ2=0.48)			.79
Homosexual	12	18
Heterosexual	35	57
MSM	11	13
Education (χ2=1.31)			0.52
Some high school or less	10	22
High school graduate/GED	22	32
Some college or higher	26	34
Homelessness or unstably housed in the past 12 months (χ2=5.01)			0.03
Yes	11	6
No	47	82
Self-rated health (χ2=17.63)			<.001
Poor/fair	24	10
Good to excellent	34	78
HIV disclosure status (χ2=5.01)			0.03
To no one	11	6
To someone	47	82
Clinical depression (CESD-R ≥16; χ2=22.88)			<.001
Yes	27	10
No	31	78
Baseline HIV RNA viral loadb (χ2=0.78)			.38
Undetectable (<40 copies/mL)	17	32
Detectable	41	56
Baseline CD4 T Cell countc (χ2=0.12)			.73
≥ 200 cells/mm3	53	78
< 200 cells/mm3	5	9
	Mean (SD)
Monthly income	874.72 (470.45)	1012.90 (797)	0.24
Comorbidity burden	5.33 (3.39)	4.27 (3.22)	.06
Functional status	7.48 (0.99)	7.78 (0.58)	.02
Depressive symptoms	16.95 (12.01)	6.85 (6.45)	<.001
Social network size	13.33 (10.63)	17.99 (10.15)	.01
HIV-related stigma	3.02 (2.17)	1.23 (1.39)	<.001

Notes: Items in bold were statistically significant. CESD-R= Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Revised. SD=standard deviation.

^aT-score greater than 50 on PROMIS-Social Isolation scale.

^bn=145.

^cn=144.