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Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 Jun 18;213:108128. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108128

Table 5.

HIV-specific factors associated with smoking among persons with HIV (N=8,360) - Kaiser Permanente Northern California, 2017

Characteristic n Adjusted PR1 (95% CI) p
HIV risk
 Men who have sex with men 706 Reference
 Heterosexual 183 1.31 (1.11–1.53) 0.001
 Injection drug use 145 1.49 (1.29–1.72) <0.001
 Other/Unknown 94 1.15 (0.96–1.38) 0.12
CD4 count (cells/μl)2
 ≥500 756 Reference
 200–499 227 0.96 (0.84–1.09) 0.54
 <200 53 1.02 (0.80–1.30) 0.86
HIV RNA3
 <75 copies/mL 936 Reference
 ≥75 copies/mL 144 1.39 (1.20–1.62) <0.001
Prior clinical AIDS diagnosis 461 0.94 (0.84–1.04) 0.22

Abbreviations: PR = prevalence ratio; CI = confidence interval

1

Adjusted for all variables in the table, and, sex, 10-year age intervals, race/ethnicity, education and income estimated from Census block group data from patient’s primary residence, insurance type, BMI, Charlson score excluding AIDS, recent depression, unhealthy drinking, tobacco use disorder diagnosis and substance use disorder diagnosis.

2

802 (9.6%) had unknown CD4 count.

3

245 (2.9%) had unknown HIV RNA. 75 copies/mL was the lower limit of detection during the study period.