Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics Among mSTUDY Participants, by Human Immunodeficiency Virus Status (August 2014 to June 2018)
| Participants, No. (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Total (N = 532)a | HIV Positive (n = 265)a | HIV Negative (n = 267)a | P Value |
| Age, mean (SD), y | 31.3 (6.8) | 33.6 (6.4) | 28.9 (6.4) | <.01 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| African American | 226 (42.5) | 108 (40.8) | 118 (44.2) | .13 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 196 (36.8) | 97 (36.6) | 99 (37.1) | |
| Other | 37 (7.0) | 15 (5.7) | 22 (8.2) | |
| White | 73 (13.7) | 45 (17.0) | 28 (10.5) | |
| Educational level | ||||
| Below high school graduate | 65 (12.3) | 40 (15.4) | 25 (9.4) | .07 |
| High school graduate | 193 (36.6) | 97 (37.3) | 96 (36.0) | |
| Beyond high school | 269 (51.1) | 123 (47.3) | 146 (54.6) | |
| Unemployed | 235 (45.6) | 143 (56.1) | 92 (35.4) | <.01 |
| Unstable housing in past 6 mob | 189 (35.5) | 94 (35.5) | 95 (35.6) | .98 |
| Ever incarcerated | 208 (39.1) | 117 (44.2) | 91 (34.1) | .02 |
Abbreviations: HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; SD, standard deviation.
aData represent no. (%) of participants unless otherwise specified. Sums may not equal totals owing to missing information.
bUnstable housing was defined as not having a regular place to stay in the past 6 months.