Table 1a.
Socio-demographic characteristics, clinical and behavior stratified on 2-category HIV stigma in unweighted and weighted sample (N=188)
| Variable | Unweighted | Weighted by IPTW | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low HIV stigma score = 10–21 (n=111) | High HIV stigma score = 22–40 (n=77) | Standardized Difference | Low HIV stigma score = 10–21 (n=111) | High HIV stigma score = 22–40 (n=77) | Standardized Difference | |
| Male gender, n (%) | 79 (71.17) | 47 (61.04) | −0.213 | 76 (68.74) | 52 (67.7) | −0.017 |
| Mean age (years) (SD) | 33.9 (4.9) | 33.1 (5.1) | −0.160 | 34.1 (36.5) | 33.7 (23.3) | −0.013 |
| Education level (>9th grade) | 86 (77.48) | 57 (74.03) | −0.075 | 89 (79.78) | 58 (75.06) | −0.108 |
| Regularly employed, n (%) | 56 (50.45) | 32 (41.56) | −0.177 | 46 (41.81) | 33 (42.59) | 0.020 |
| Mean years since HIV diagnosis (SD) | 8 (4.6) | 7.3 (4.8) | −0.149 | 7.3 (6.5) | 7.3 (6.4) | 0.000 |
| Mean CES-D-score (past week) (SD) | 13.9 (8.7) | 21.8 (11.8) | 0.762 | 17.4 (31.7) | 17.2 (5.9) | −0.009 |
| Mean social support (past 4 weeks) (SD) | 20.1 (5.3) | 20.4 (4.9) | 0.059 | 20.1 (18.7) | 20.1 (12.5) | 0.000 |
| Mean HIV Symptom Index count (past 4 weeks) (SD) | 3.2 (3.4) | 4.6 (3.8) | 0.388 | 3.8 (6.5) | 3.7 (2.7) | −0.020 |
| Alcohol dependence (past year), n (%) | 51 (45.95) | 50 (64.94) | 0.399 | 64 (57.81) | 43 (56.18) | −0.029 |
| Unhealthy alcohol use (past 30 days), n (%) | 69 (62.16) | 55 (71.43) | 0.207 | 76 (68.19) | 50 (65.19) | −0.059 |
| Recent substance use (past 30 days), n (%) | 42 (37.84) | 35 (45.45) | 0.160 | 50 (45.36) | 34 (44.23) | −0.019 |
| Pain | 24 | 25 (32.47) | 0.250 | 34 (31.07) | 20 | −0.125 |
| interference (past 4 weeks), n (%) | (21.62) | (25.38) | ||||
| Transactional sex (past year), n (%) | 5 (4.50) | 11 (14.29) | 0.343 | 17 (15.03) | 7 (9.4) | −0.172 |
| SU stigma (≥59), n (%) | 43 (38.74) | 46 (59.74) | 0.439 | 59 (53.03) | 40 (51.47) | −0.027 |
IPTW, inverse probability of treatment weighted logistic regression models using propensity scores. The percentage represents column percentage.