Table 1.

Baseline sociodemographic and clinical characteristics (N = 120)

Variable N, if not 120	CASA cohort, N = 60 N (%) or Mean ± STDa	Control group, N = 60 N (%) or Mean ± STDa	X2, unless otherwise specified	P value	Degrees of freedom
Sex			0.00	1.00	1
Male	28 (46.7)	28 (46.7)
Female	32 (53.3)	32 (53.3)
Age	31.7 ± 7.8	31.9 ± 7.1	−0.16 (t test)	0.87	118
Civil status, 117			2.11	0.15	1
Married or living together	29 (48.3)	20 (35.1)
Single, separated, divorced, widowed	31 (51.7)	37 (64.9)
Socioeconomic status
Limited education,b 116	7 (11.9)	5 (8.8)	0.21 (Fisher’s exact)	0.76	1
Unemployed, 115	44 (75.9)	32 (56.1)	4.99	0.03*	1
Lacks basic services,c 119	20 (33.3)	7 (11.9)	7.82	0.005**	1
Food insecurity,d 106	34 (56.7)	16 (34.8)	5.00	0.03*	1
Difficulty accessing health services in past 3 months, 102	35 (62.5)	29 (63.0)	0.003	0.96
HIV status
Months from diagnosis to HAART,a 111	3.2 [1.6, 13.0]	3.3 [2.1, 11.1]	0.64 (Kruskal–Wallis)	0.43	1
Months on HAART at enrollmenta	1.3 [0.2, 3.9]	2.3 [0.0, 6.6]	3.27 (Kruskal–Wallis)	0.07	1
Weight (kg), 116	53.9 ± 10.0	53.4 ± 11.9	0.17 (t test)	0.86	93
CD4 (cells/ml3), 111	114.8 ± 87.2	109.7 ± 97.9	0.29 (t test)	0.77	109
Viral load (copies/ml),a 106	130,000 [29,000, 230,000]	72,000 [26,000, 284,000]	0.62 (Kruskal–Wallis)	0.43	1
Substance abuse (drug or alcohol)	12 (20.0)	24 (40.0)	5.71	0.02*	1
Documented drug abuse	3 (5.0)	10 (16.7)	0.03 (Fisher’s exact)	0.07	1
Documented alcohol abuse	11 (18.3)	22 (36.7)	5.06	0.02*	1
TB co-infection	33 (55.0)	35 (58.3)	0.14	0.71	1
Suspected MDR TB	8 (13.3)	8 (13.3)	0.00	1.00	1

^aIf non-normal, median [1st & 3rd quartiles]

^bIlliterate or no education beyond primary level

^cHome lacks at least one of the following: electricity, running water, or plumbing

^dPatient reported at least a day without food in the past 3 months due to poverty

^*P < .05

^**P < .01