Table 4.

Adjusted multivariable linear regression results examining the association between marijuana use and log CRP among HIV-negative participants and persons living with HIV (PLWH), RADAR, Chicago, 2015–2017.

Characteristic	HIV-negative		PLWH
	Beta	95% CI	Beta	95% CI
Age	0.06**	0.02, 0.10	− 0.04	− 0.13, 0.05
BMI	0.08***	0.06, 0.10	0.08***	0.03, 0.13
Race/ethnicity
White	Ref	–	Ref	–
Black/AA	0.002	− 0.39, 0.40	0.19	− 2.73, 3.11
Latinx	0.16	− 0.22, 0.53	0.93	− 2.01, 3.87
Multi-Racial/other	0.05	− 0.78, 0.89	0.25	− 2.81, 3.31
Education
< High school	Ref	–	Ref	–
High school/GED	0.43	− 0.06, 0.92	0.35	− 0.50, 1.21
Some college	0.30	− 0.14, 0.74	0.32	− 0.48, 1.11
≥ Bachelor’s	− 0.10	− 0.79, 0.59	− 0.67	− 1.78, 0.44
Sexual orientation
Gay	Ref	–	Ref	–
Bisexual	0.09	− 0.27, 0.45	− 0.13	− 0.96, 0.69
Other	− 0.42	− 0.91, 0.06	− 0.05	− 1.03, 0.92
Marijuana use
Never	Ref	–	Ref	–
Intermittent	− 0.23	− 0.60, 0.14	0.29	− 0.46, 1.05
Frequent	− 0.38*	− 0.73, -0.03	0.46	− 0.18, 1.10
Any other drug use	0.24	− 0.10, 0.57	0.04	− 0.59, 0.66
Detectable viral load1	–	–	0.69*	0.04, 1.34

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.

¹Defined as ≥ 50 copies/mL.