TABLE 3.
Association between viral load and sociodemographic and clinical characteristics in people with recent onset psychosis and HIV.
| Variable | Categories | VL suppressed (n = 37) |
VL unsuppressed (n = 19) |
p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Age categories | 18–24 | 6 | 60.0 | 4 | 40.0 | 0.29 |
| 25–49 | 26 | 63.4 | 15 | 36.6 | - | |
| 50 + | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | - | |
| Sex | Female | 28 | 80.0 | 7 | 20.0 | < 0.01 |
| Male | 9 | 42.9 | 12 | 57.1 | - | |
| Marital status | Not married | 35 | 64.8 | 19 | 35.2 | 0.43 |
| Married, widowed or divorced | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | - | |
| Educational level | Less than tertiary | 32 | 65.3 | 17 | 34.7 | 0.56 |
| Tertiary | 5 | 71.4 | 2 | 28.6 | - | |
| Employment status | Employed | 6 | 85.7 | 1 | 14.3 | 0.42 |
| Unemployed | 21 | 60.0 | 14 | 40.0 | - | |
| Disability grant | 10 | 71.4 | 4 | 28.6 | - | |
| Current substance use | No alcohol or cannabis | 17 | 63.0 | 10 | 37.0 | 0.64 |
| Alcohol or cannabis use | 20 | 69.0 | 9 | 31.0 | - | |
| Family history | Psychosis | 4 | 80.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0.34 |
| Nonpsychotic mental illness | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | - | |
| Substance use disorder | 4 | 57.1 | 3 | 42.9 | - | |
| None | 24 | 61.5 | 15 | 38.5 | - | |
| Duration of untreated psychosis (months) | 0–11 | 20 | 66.7 | 10 | 33.3 | 0.92 |
| 12 + | 17 | 65.4 | 9 | 34.6 | - | |
| CD4 count | - | 745 (median) | - | 416 (median) | 323 556 (IQR) | < 0.01 |
VL, viral load; IQR, interquartile range.