Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample at first visit in the food insecurity substudy, women’s Interagency HIV Study (n=2553 unique women)
| All women | HIV-seropositive N=1803 | HIV-seronegative N=750 | |
| N (%) or median (IQR) | |||
| Current food security (FS) | |||
| High FS | 1419 (55.6%) | 1006 (55.8%) | 413 (55.1%) |
| Marginal FS | 405 (15.9%) | 287 (15.9%) | 118 (15.7%) |
| Low FS | 372 (14.6%) | 263 (14.6%) | 109 (14.5%) |
| Very low FS | 357 (14.0%) | 247 (13.7%) | 110 (14.7%) |
| Current smoker | 1075 (42.1%) | 706 (39.2%) | 369 (49.2%) |
| Age at visit, year (median, IQR) | 47.7 (40.4–53.8) | 48.2 (41.3–54.0) | 46.1 (38.1–53.0) |
| Race | |||
| Non-Hispanic white | 255 (10.0%) | 196 (10.9%) | 59 (7.9%) |
| Hispanic | 377 (14.8%) | 262 (14.5%) | 115 (15.3%) |
| Non-Hispanic African American/black | 1829 (71.6%) | 1290 (71.5%) | 539 (71.9%) |
| Non-Hispanic other | 92 (3.6%) | 55 (3.1%) | 37 (4.9%) |
| Annual household income (US$) | |||
| <US$12 000 | 1261 (51.9%) | 925 (53.7%) | 337 (47.5%) |
| US$12 001–US$24 000 | 541 (22.3%) | 381 (22.1%) | 160 (22.5%) |
| US$24 001–US$36 000 | 267 (11.0%) | 180 (10.5%) | 87 (12.3%) |
| US$36 001–US$75 000 | 249 (10.2%) | 153 (8.9%) | 96 (13.5%) |
| US$75 001 | 113 (4.7%) | 83 (4.8%) | 30 (4.2%) |
| Employed (ref: unemployed) | 891 (35.0%) | 592 (32.9%) | 299 (40.0%) |
| Marital status | |||
| Partnered | 762 (30.8%) | 531 (30.4%) | 231 (32.0%) |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 660 (26.7%) | 476 (27.2%) | 184 (25.4%) |
| Never married | 800 (32.4%) | 577 (33.0%) | 223 (30.8%) |
| Other | 250 (10.1%) | 165 (9.4%) | 85 (11.8%) |
| Education (ref: <high school) | |||
| ≥High school education | 1719 (67.4%) | 1204 (66.8%) | 515 (68.8%) |
| Child dependents (ref: no) | |||
| Yes | 986 (38.6%) | 664 (36.8%) | 322 (42.9%) |