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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 Jan 19;232:109320. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109320

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics among mSTUDY participants

Total
(n=515) a
M SD
Socio-demographic
  Age 31.3 6.9
n % b
  Race/ethnicity
    Black 220 42.7
    Latinx 186 36.1
    Other 40 7.8
    White 69 13.4
Social adversity
  Unemployment 226 45.2
  Housing instability (past 6 mos.) 182 35.3
  Ever incarcerated 204 39.6
  Intimate partner violence (past 12 mos.) 92 18.3
Substance use (past 6 mos.)
  Methamphetamine 227 44.1
  Cocaine/crack 141 27.4
  Heroin 22 4.3
  Cannabis 302 58.6
  Poppers 193 37.5
  Binge drinking 305 59.2
  Cigarette smoking (current) 160 32.3
Sexual risk behaviors and STIs
  New anal intercourse partner (past 6 mos.) 389 75.5
  Concurrent sex partners (past 6 mos.) 234 49.2
  Exchange sex (past 3 mos.) 100 19.8
  Positive STI test (chlamydia, gonorrhea, and/or syphilis) 98 19.1
HIV-related factors
  HIV-serostatus
    HIV-negative 254 49.3
    HIV-positive 261 50.7
  Detectable viral load (> 20 c/mL) a 124 49.0
  PrEP use, past 6 mos. b 59 22.6
Chronic health conditions
  Cardiovascular condition 99 19.2
  Hepatic abnormality 34 6.6
  Renal condition 35 6.8
  Neurological condition 71 13.8
  Psychological condition 256 49.7

Abbreviations: M = means; SD = standard deviations

a

Sum of cells may not equal total due to missing responses.

b

Column percentages reported.

a

Measured in HIV-positive participants only

b

Measured in HIV-negative participants only

c

p-value for Fisher’s exact test