Table 1.
Demographics of Participants in the New Orleans Alcohol Use in HIV Study
| All (n = 351) |
Men (n = 245) |
Women (n = 106) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | ||
| Age (mean ± SD) | 48.1 ± 10.4 | 48.3 ± 10.6 | 47.8 ± 10.0 | |
| Race | .17 | |||
| African American | 84.1 (296) | 82.9 (203) | 86.0 (93) | |
| White | 15.1 (53) | 16.7 (42) | 11.2 (12) | |
| Other | 0.9 (3) | 0.4 (1) | 1.9 (2) | |
| Education | .1 | |||
| <12th grade | 40.6 (143) | 36.7 (90) | 49.5 (53) | |
| 12th grade/GED | 31.3 (110) | 31.8 (78) | 29.9 (32) | |
| Some college | 22.2 (78) | 24.9 (61) | 16.9 (17) | |
| College graduate | 6.0 (21) | 6.6 (16) | 4.7 (5) | |
| BMI | <.001 | |||
| <18.5 | 4.3 (15) | 4.5 (11) | 3.8 (4) | |
| 18.5–24.9 | 38.1 (133) | 43.6 (106) | 25.5 (27) | |
| 25–29.9 | 28.9 (101) | 30.0 (73) | 26.4 (28) | |
| 30–34.9 | 17.8 (62) | 17.3 (42) | 18.9 (20) | |
| 35+ | 10.9 (38) | 4.5 (11) | 25.5 (27) | |
| Smoking status | .05 | |||
| Nonsmoker | 23.3 (82) | 20.0 (49) | 30.8 (33) | |
| Current smoker | 60.2 (212) | 64.1 (157) | 51.4 (55) | |
| Former smoker | 16.5 (58) | 15.9 (39) | 17.8 (19) | |
| CD4 count | .39 | |||
| <200 | 13.4 (47) | 13.1 (32) | 14.0 (15) | |
| 200–350 | 13.1 (46) | 14.7 (36) | 9.4 (10) | |
| >350 | 73.6 (259) | 72.2 (177) | 76.6 (82) | |
| Viral load | .819 | |||
| <50 | 75.3 (265) | 75.9 (186) | 73.8 (79) | |
| 51–200 | 8.3 (29) | 8.6 (21) | 7.5 (8) | |
| 201–1,000 | 4.6 (16) | 4.1 (10) | 5.6 (6) | |
| >1,000 | 11.4 (40) | 10.7 (26) | 13.1 (14) | |
| Diabetes diagnosis | ||||
| 14.5 (51) | 13.2 (14) | 15 (37) | ||
Bold value indicates that p value is statistically significant.