Table 1.
Characteristics of people with HIV in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study (n = 27,674)
| Characteristics | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mean age in years (SD) | 59 (12.1) | |
| Race/ethnicity (%) | ||
| Black | 45 | |
| White | 35 | |
| Hispanic | 8 | |
| Other | 3 | |
| Unknown | 9 | |
| Gender (%) | ||
| Men | 96 | |
| Women | 4 | |
| Year | ||
| HIV healthcare (%) | 2019 | 2020 |
| GM/ID visit | ||
| Any | 96 | 95 |
| In person | 95 | 80 |
| Virtual | 57 | 89 |
| HIV‐1 RNA VL test detectable | 6 | 7 |
| HIV‐1 RNA VL test suppressed | 76 | 67 |
| No test | 18 | 26 |
| On ARVS | 85 | 84 |
| Alcohol use (%) | ||
| AUDIT‐C – clinical reminder | ||
| 0 (no use) | 35 | 29 |
| 1–3/1–4 (some use) | 30 | 23 |
| >3/>4 (unhealthy use) | 10 | 7 |
| Not asked | 25 | 40 |
| Alcohol use disorder diagnosis | 11 | 9 |
| Tobacco use/smoking (%) | ||
| Clinical reminder | ||
| Current | 27 | 20 |
| Past | 23 | 19 |
| Never | 24 | 21 |
| Not asked | 26 | 40 |
| Diagnosis | 20 | 18 |
Abbreviations: ARV, antiretroviral therapy; AUDIT‐C, Alcohol use disorder identification test‐consumption; GM/ID, general medicine/infectious diseases; SD, standard deviation; VL, HIV‐1 RNA viral load; 2019, 1 March 2019 to 28 February 2020; 2020, 1 March 2020 to 29 February 2021.