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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2022 Apr 15;89(5):527–536. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002899

Table 4.

Cognitive Test Performance: Regression Models Predicting Influence of Group Membership After Controlling for Potential Confounders (N = 204)

Motor Skills
Processing Speed
Attention and Working Memory
Predictor β SE t p β SE t p β SE t p

Group (vs MWH)
 MCVR 1.39 2.24 0.62 .537 2.67 2.12 1.26 .210 3.82 1.67 2.29 .024*
 Controls −0.29 1.89 −0.15 .880 3.27 1.80 1.82 .071 0.93 1.42 0.66 .513
Home language (vs English)
 Afrikaans 6.76 2.74 2.47 .015* 0.88 2.60 0.34 .736 −0.16 2.04 −0.08 .936
 Xhosa 1.19 2.81 0.42 .673 −6.93 2.66 −2.61 .010* −4.09 2.09 −1.96 .052
 Shona −2.74 3.21 −0.85 .394 −9.86 3.04 −3.24 .002** −7.37 2.39 −3.08 .002**
 Other −0.92 3.93 −0.23 .816 −6.37 3.73 −1.71 .090 −2.23 2.94 −0.76 .448
Monthly income (ZAR) 0.00 0.00 −0.02 .981 0.00 0.00 0.51 .612 0.00 0.00 1.93 .056
BDI-II (cut-off ≥19) −0.90 2.50 −0.36 .716 −4.67 2.35 −2.29 .024* −0.21 1.85 −0.11 .909
FRS (%) −0.04 0.10 −0.40 .690 0.27 0.10 2.81 .006** −0.01 0.08 −0.09 .928

Language
Learning
Memory
Predictor β SE t p β SE t p β SE t p

Group (vs MWH)
 MCVR 4.44 2.68 1.66 .100 5.13 2.21 2.32 .022* 4.81 2.23 2.16 .032*
 Controls 2.83 2.27 1.25 .214 1.92 1.87 1.03 .307 2.30 1.88 1.22 .224
Home language (vs English)
 Afrikaans −0.75 3.28 −0.23 .819 −2.57 2.71 −0.95 .344 −0.65 2.72 −0.24 .812
 Xhosa −2.49 3.35 −0.74 .459 −7.17 2.77 −2.59 .011* −6.67 2.78 −2.39 .018*
 Shona −6.03 3.84 −1.57 .118 −5.86 3.17 −1.85 .067 −7.02 3.19 −2.20 .029*
 Other −9.41 4.71 −2.00 .048* −7.01 3.89 −1.80 .074 −7.69 3.91 −1.97 .051
Monthly income (ZAR) 0.00 0.00 1.00 .318 0.00 0.00 −0.43 .670 −5.07 0.00 −0.36 .718
BDI-II (cut-off ≥19) 0.70 2.97 0.24 .813 −1.08 2.45 −0.44 .660 2.60 2.46 0.11 .916
FRS (%) −0.08 0.12 −0.63 .531 −0.20 0.10 −1.98 .050* −0.18 0.10 −1.81 .072

Executive Function
Global Deficit Score
Global T−Score
Predictor β SE t p β SE t p β SE t p

Group (vs MWH)
 MCVR 1.10 2.25 0.49 .624 −1.45 0.40 −2.26 .024* 3.62 1.50 2.42 .017*
 Controls 1.64 1.90 0.86 .392 −0.84 0.50 −1.68 .093 1.76 1.27 1.39 .166
Home language (vs English)
 Afrikaans −0.58 2.75 −0.21 .834 −0.42 0.91 −0.46 .648 0.43 1.83 0.23 .816
 Xhosa −5.70 2.81 −2.03 .045* −0.11 0.81 −0.14 .891 −4.08 1.87 −2.18 .031*
 Shona −8.14 3.22 −2.53 .013* 1.37 0.87 1.57 .116 −5.28 2.14 −2.47 .015*
 Other −2.32 3.95 −0.59 .558 0.64 1.04 0.62 .538 −4.77 2.63 −1.82 .078
Monthly income (ZAR) 0.00 0.00 0.43 .665 0.00 0.00 −0.87 .386 7.53 0.00 0.80 .424
BDI-II (cut-off ≥19) 0.69 2.49 0.28 .783 0.57 0.62 0.91 .361 −1.07 1.66 −0.65 .520
FRS (%) 0.11 0.10 1.09 .278 0.00 0.00 0.04 .969 0.00 0.07 0.12 .902

Note. MWH = men with HIV; MCVR = men with cardiovascular risk; BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory-II; FRS (%) = Framingham Risk Score 10-year cardiovascular disease risk percentage.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.