Table 1.

Characteristics of Participants Who Were Retained in Care and Those Who Disengaged from Care

Characteristic	Retained in care, N = 193		Disengaged from care, N = 58		χ2
	N	%	N	%
Gender
Gay/bisexual identified men	71	37	25	43	0.7
Heterosexual identified men	61	32	17	29
Women	60	31	16	28
Transgender	7	4	3	5	0.2
Race
White	20	10	12	21	4.7
African American	165	86	43	74
Other	7	4	3	5
Unemployed	154	80	46	79	0.4
Income less than $10,000	139	71	41	71	3.3
Income between $10,000 and 20,000	38	20	8	14
Income greater than $20,000	16	9	9	15
Viral load undetectablea	75	43	24	46	0.2
Viral load detectable	101	57	28	54
Care status reengaging in care	101	52	20	52	0.8
Newly diagnosed	34	18	13	22
Provider identified at risk	58	30	15	26
	M	SD	M	SD	t
Age	43.4	12.3	37.9	11.6	2.9**
Years since HIV diagnosis	12.1	8.9	10.4	7.7	1.2
Distance in miles residing from clinic	1.2	11.7	16.4	20.5	2.3*
AUDIT Alcohol score	4.0	5.4	4.2	6.8	0.2
CES-depression score	21.1	10.3	21.7	9.9	0.4
Clinic appointments attended	4.6	1.9	3.1	1.5	4.9**
Clinic appointments no-showed	3.0	1.9	2.9	1.8	0.5
% Clinic appointments attended	66.1	22.3	55.5	19.4	3.1**

^aViral load was unavailable for 23 participants.

^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01.

AUDIT, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; CES, Centers for Epidemiological Studies; SD, standard deviation.