Table 3. Characteristics by HIV serostatus among women in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study, Washington, DC, 2019–2020 (n = 90).
| Overall (n = 90) | WLWH (n = 56) | HIV-negative women (n = 34) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (col %) | n (col %) | p | |
| Socio-demographics | ||||
| Age (years), median (IQR) | 55 (49–62) | 54.5 (50–62) | 55.5 (49–61) | 0.69 |
| Race/ethnicity | 0.79a | |||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 48 (53.3) | 31 (55.4) | 17 (50.0) | |
| Non-Hispanic white | 5 (5.6) | 4 (7.1) | 1 (2.9) | |
| Hispanic | 5 (5.6) | 3 (5.6) | 2 (5.9) | |
| Otherb | 32 (35.6) | 18 (32.1) | 14 (41.2) | |
| Education at study entry | 0.56 | |||
| Did not complete high school | 14 (15.6) | 10 (17.9) | 4 (11.8) | |
| Completed high school | 37 (41.1) | 24 (42.9) | 13 (38.2) | |
| Attended or completed college | 39 (53.3) | 22 (39.3) | 17 (50.0) | |
| Income ≤$30,000 per year | 62 (68.9) | 41 (73.2) | 21 (61.8) | 0.26 |
| Behavioral characteristics | ||||
| Current smoker | 30 (33.3) | 17 (30.4) | 13 (38.2) | 0.44 |
| Current alcohol use | 0.0004a | |||
| Abstainer | 46 (51.1) | 37 (66.1) | 9 (26.5) | |
| 1–7 drinks/week | 39 (43.3) | 18 (32.1) | 21 (61.8) | |
| 8–12 drinks/week | 2 (2.2) | 0 (0) | 2 (5.9) | |
| ≥13 drinks/week | 3 (3.3) | 1 (1.8) | 2 (5.9) | |
| Recent substance use since last visitc | 7 (7.8) | 4 (7.1) | 3 (8.8) | 1.0a |
| Use of prescribed psychotropic medication | 24 (26.7) | 18 (32.1) | 6 (17.7) | 0.13 |
| Cardiometabolic factors | ||||
| Postmenopausal | 65 (72.2) | 44 (78.6) | 21 (61.8) | 0.084 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2), median (IQR) | 32.6 (28.5–38.4) | 31.3 (28.3–38.1) | 35.0 (28.6–41.8) | 0.096 |
| Psychosocial stress | ||||
| PSS-10d, median (IQR) | 17 (12–22) | 16 (10–21) | 17 (13–24) | 0.17 |
| PCL-Ce, median (IQR) | 41 (26–52) | 40 (26–52) | 42.5 (25–57) | 0.45 |
| RSHSf, median (IQR) | 18 (4–34) | 12.5 (2.5–31.5) | 21.5 (6–36) | 0.34 |
| Latent profile membership | 0.44 | |||
| Low psychosocial stress | 34 (37.8) | 24 (42.9) | 10 (29.4) | |
| Moderate psychosocial stress | 40 (44.4) | 23 (41.1) | 17 (50.0) | |
| High psychosocial stress | 16 (17.8) | 9 (16.1) | 7 (20.6) |
Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; PSS-10, PCL-C, PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version; Perceived Stress Scale; RSHS, Racialized Sexual Harassment Scale; WLWH, women living with HIV; col, column.
a P-values for race/ethnicity, current alcohol use, and recent substance use were obtained using Fisher’s exact testing.
b Other race/ethnicity includes 1 American Indian/Alaska Native participant and 31 multiracial participants. Among multiracial participants, reported races included Black (n = 28), American Indian/Alaska Native (n = 24), white (n = 18), Asian (n = 4), and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (n = 1) (non-mutually exclusive categories).
c Substance use includes use of cocaine (n = 2), crack/freebase cocaine (n = 5), heroin (n = 2), or methamphetamines (n = 1).
d The PSS-10 is a 10-item, 5-point Likert scale that measures perceived stress in the last month. Response options range from “never” (each assigned a score of 0) to “very often” (each assigned a score of 4) and four positively stated items are reverse-coded. The possible range of the total score is 0–40.
e The PCL-C is a 17-item, 5-point Likert scale that measures symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in the last month. Response options range from “not at all” (each assigned a score of 1) to “extremely” (each assigned a score of 5). The possible range of the total score is 17–85.
f The RSHS is a 21-item, 5-point Likert scale that measures experiences of race- and gender-based harassment in the last year. Response options range from “never” (each assigned a score of 0) to “very often” (each assigned a score of 4). The possible range of the total score is 0–84.