. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2019 Sep-Oct;30(5):500–510. doi: 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000064

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Study Sample Living With HIV, Total and by Age

Characteristic	Total	< 50 years of age	≥ 50 years of age	p-value^a

	N = 614	n = 310	n = 304
Gender (Male), %	96.7	95.8	97.7	0.19

Race/ Ethnicity, %				< .001
White	62.7	53.2	72.4
Hispanic	14.0	7.7	8.9
Black	9.1	20	10.5
Unknown/Other^b	14.2	19.0	8.2

Married, %	43.8	41.3	46.4	0.20

Education, %				0.69
< HS/GED	25.4	26.1	24.7
AA/AS	17.1	17.7	16.5
College	35.2	35.8	34.5
≥ Graduate School	22.3	20.3	24.3

Employed, %	72.5	82.3	62.5	< .001

HIV exposure risk factor, %				0.26
MSM or bisexual	73.1	70.3	76.0
Injection Drug Use	6.4	8.1	4.6
Heterosexual	4.2	4.2	4.3
Unknown/Other^c	16.3	17.4	15.1

CD4+ T cell count (≥ 500 cells/mm³), %	71.8	76.1	67.4	0.05

HIV RNA levels < 75 copies/mL, %	93.5	91.9	95.1	0.12

Hazardous alcohol use^d	23.1	31.9	14.1	< .001

Tobacco use^e	24.4	30.7	18.1	< .001

Marijuana use^e	49.8	51.0	48.7	0.57

Other substance use^e,f	27.4	31.3	23.4	0.03

Moderate/Severe Depression^g, %	16.1	18.7	13.5	0.079

Moderate/Severe Anxiety^h, %	13.8	17.1	10.5	0.018

Note. HS/GED = High school/General Education Development; AA/AS = Associates in Arts/Associates in Science; MSM = men who have sex with men.

^a.

Based on Pearson Chi-square test comparing < 50 years old to ≥ 50 years old

^b.

Includes Asian, American Indian, Other, and Unknown

^c.

Includes Transfusion/Other/Unknown

^d.

Defined as 4 drinks for women and 5 drinks for men in a day for 4+ days in the past 30 days

^e.

Use in the past 30 days

^f.

Other substances include prescription drug use other than as prescribed, tranquilizers, stimulants, cocaine, painkillers, heroin, hallucinogens, and ecstasy

^g.

Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-9 score

^h.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)-7 score