Table 4.

Regression of Mental Component Summary (MCS) on SNAP participation status (N = 165)

Variable	B	SE(B)	β	P-value
SNAP participation	1.47	2.38	0.05	0.538
Significant control variables
Number of symptoms	−2.62	0.48	−0.38***	<0.001
Viral load	−2.69	0.88	−0.30**	0.003
Less than high school	−5.37	2.03	−0.20**	0.009
ART use	−7.08	3.23	−0.18*	0.030
US born	−6.48	3.29	−0.18*	0.050

Model R² = 0.380, F (23,141) = 3.75, P < 0.001. DR² (SNAP participation) = 0.002

ART antiretroviral therapy

^*P < 0.05,

^**P < 0.01,

^***P < 0.001

Other control variables were age, gender, ethnicity, child status, employment status, income, household size, smoking status, alcohol use, drug use, vitamin use, use of other food assistance, and CD4 cell count