Table 5.
Demographics, HIV Clinical Characteristics, Alcohol/Substance Dependence, and Psychosocial Factors Associated With Physical Quality of Life by Age Groups
| Variablesa | < 50 years of age | ≥ 50 years of age | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Difference | 95% CI | p-value | Difference | 95% CI | p-value | |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||
| Hispanic | −2.0 | (−4.4, −0.5) | 0.11 | |||
| Black | −4.5 | (−8.1, −1.0) | 0.013 | |||
| Unknown/Otherb | 0.9 | (−2.0, 3.8) | 0.54 | |||
| White (reference) | 0.0 | |||||
| Education | ||||||
| < HS/GED (reference) | ||||||
| AA/AS | 2.5 | (−0.2, 5.3) | 0.07 | |||
| College | 2.5 | (0.1, 4.8) | 0.04 | |||
| ≥ Graduate School | 2.9 | (0.2, 5.6) | 0.033 | |||
| Employed | 3.8 | (1.4, 6.2) | < .01 | 6.3 | (4.1, 8.5) | < .001 |
| HIV risk exposure group | ||||||
| Unknown/Otherc | −1.5 | (−4.6, 1.5) | 0.32 | |||
| Injection Drug Use | −4.4 | (−7.7, −1.1) | 0.01 | |||
| Heterosexual | 1.2 | (−3.4, 5.8) | 0.62 | |||
| MSM or bisexual (reference) | 0.0 | |||||
| Hazardous alcohol used | −3.6 | (−6.6, −0.6) | 0.019 | |||
| Other substance usee | 2.0 | (0.04, 3.9) | 0.046 | |||
| Moderate to Severe Depressionf | −3.5 | (−5.8, −1.2) | 0.0035 | −5.8 | (−8.9, −2.7) | < .001 |
Note. CI = confidence interval, HS/GED = High school/General Education Development; AA/AS = Associates in Arts/Associates in Science; MSM = men who have sex with men.
Linear regression models using backward selection for final model selection. Variables without results were excluded based on p > 0.10 criterion.
Includes Asian, American Indian, Other, and Unknown
Includes Transfusion/Other/Unknown
Defined as 4 drinks for women and 5 drinks for men in a day for 4+ days in the past 30 days
Use in the past 30 days and other substances include prescription drug use other than as prescribed, tranquilizers, stimulants, cocaine, painkillers, heroin, hallucinogens, and ecstasy
None to mild depression is the reference group, from Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-9 score