Table 1.
Participant Characteristics by Self-Reported Viral Load Status
| Characteristic | Total |
Accurate VL |
Inaccurate VL |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 174 (100%) | N = 83 (47.7%) | N = 83 (47.7%) | ||
| Race | 0.696 | |||
| White | 12 (6.9) | 4 (4.9) | 7 (8.5) | |
| Black/African American | 131 (75.3) | 62 (75.6) | 63 (76.8) | |
| Other | 29 (16.6) | 16 (19.5) | 12 (14.6) | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0.298 | |||
| No | 128 (73.6) | 57 (68.7) | 63 (75.9) | |
| Yes | 46 (26.4) | 26 (31.3) | 20 (24.1) | |
| Sex | 0.937 | |||
| Female | 86 (49.4) | 41 (49.4) | 40 (48.8) | |
| Male | 87 (50.0) | 42 (50.6) | 42 (51.2) | |
| Sexual orientation | 0.015 | |||
| Homosexual, gay, or lesbian | 38 (21.8) | 16 (19.3) | 21 (25.3) | |
| Heterosexual or straight | 107 (61.5) | 58 (69.9) | 42 (50.6) | |
| Bisexual | 20 (11.5) | 7 (8.4) | 13 (15.7) | |
| Other | 9 (5.2) | 2 (2.4) | 7 (8.4) | |
| Education | 0.806 | |||
| <High school | 54 (25.3) | 21 (25.3) | 20 (24.1) | |
| High school/GED | 55 (31.6) | 26 (31.3) | 26 (31.3) | |
| Completed some college | 75 (43.1) | 36 (43.3) | 37 (44.5) | |
| Annual income | 0.525 | |||
| <$10,000 | 83 (47.7) | 38 (45.8) | 43 (51.8) | |
| $10,000–19,999 | 46 (26.4) | 22 (26.5) | 20 (24.1) | |
| >$19,999 | 45 (25.9) | 23 (27.7) | 20 (24.1) | |
| On ART | 0.306 | |||
| No | 4 (2.3) | 1 (1.2) | 3 (3.7) | |
| Yes | 169 (97.1) | 82 (98.8) | 79 (96.3) | |
| NVS | 0.644 | |||
| Highly limited literacy | 96 (55.2) | 45 (57.7) | 48 (61.5) | |
| Limited literacy | 50 (28.7) | 26 (33.3) | 21 (26.9) | |
| Adequate literacy | 16 (9.2) | 7 (9.0) | 9 (11.5) | |
| S-TOFHLA | 0.952 | |||
| Inadequate literacy | 13 (7.5) | 7 (8.5) | 6 (7.2) | |
| Marginal literacy | 10 (5.7) | 5 (6.1) | 5 (6.0) | |
| Adequate literacy | 150 (86.2) | 70 (85.4) | 72 (86.7) | |
| Age, mean ± SD | 49.77 ± 9.88 | 49.48 ± 8.87 | 49.43 ± 10.98 | 0.975 |
| Years of HIV diagnosis, mean ± SD | 19.73 ± 8.73 | 20.45 ± 8.51 | 18.51 ± 8.95 | 0.175 |
| NVS, mean ± SD | 1.54 ± 1.45 | 1.59 ± 1.45 | 1.49 ± 1.48 | 0.662 |
| S-TOFHLA, mean ± SD | 30.16 ± 7.16 | 29.98 ± 7.19 | 30.00 ± 7.43 | 0.983 |
ART, antiretroviral therapy; GED, general educational development; NVS, Newest Vital Sign; SD, standard deviation; S-TOFHLA, shortened version of the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adult; VL, viral load.