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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics including substance use of PWH in this study categorized by CD4 count at enrollment in care

From: Substance use and HIV stage at entry into care among people with HIV

PWH Characteristics

Overall (N = 5017)

HIV Severity

CD4 < 350 cells/mm3 (N = 1945)

CD4 ≥ 350

cells/mm3

(N = 3072)

P-valuea

Age in years, mean (SD)

40.2 (11.9)

40.9 (11.7)

39.2 (12.1)

< 0.01

Male, N (%)

4333 (86.4)

1669 (85.8)

2664 (86.8)

0.35

Race/Ethnicity, N (%)

   

< 0.01

 Non-Hispanic White

2149 (42.8)

378 (37.9)

1411 (45.9)

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

1670 (33.3)

748 (38.5)

922 (30.0)

 

 Hispanic

850 (16.9)

336 (17.3)

514 (16.7)

 

 Other

348 (6.9)

123 (6.3)

225 (7.3)

 

Mental Health Diagnoses, N (%)

   

< 0.01

 No mental health diagnoses

2747 (54.8)

1153 (59.3)

1594 (51.9)

 

 Depression and/or anxiety only

1801 (35.9)

634 (32.6)

1167 (38.0)

 

 Psychosis, bipolar, personality disorders (with or without depression and/or anxiety)

469 (9.4)

158 (8.1)

311 (10.1)

 

Methamphetamines/crystal

   

< 0.01

 Never used

3136 (64.6)

1299 (69.4)

1837 (61.6)

 

 Past use

1142 (23.5)

140 (21.9)

732 (24.6)

 

 Current use

576 (11.9)

164 (8.8)

412 (13.8)

 

Cocaine/Crack

   

< 0.01

 Never used

2678 (54.7)

1123 (59.3)

1555 (51.8)

 

 Past use

1809 (36.9)

639 (33.7)

1170 (39.0)

 

 Current use

410 (8.4)

133 (7.0)

277 (9.2)

 

Marijuana

   

< 0.01

 Never used

1461 (29.8)

645 (33.8)

816 (27.2)

 

 Past use

1666 (34.0)

637 (33.4)

1029 (34.4)

 

 Current use

1775 (36.2)

624 (32.7)

1151 (38.4)

 

Illicit Opioids

   

0.02

 Never used

3832 (82.8)

1477 (84.8)

2355 (81.7)

 

 Past use

645 (13.9)

217 (12.5)

428 (14.8)

 

 Current use

149 (3.2)

48 (2.8)

101 (3.5)

 

High-risk Alcohol Consumption

   

0.01

 High-risk drinking

3859 (78.1)

1530 (80.0)

2329 (77.0)

 

 No high-risk drinking

1080 (21.9)

383 (20.0)

697 (23.0)

 

HIV Risk Factor

   

< 0.01

 Men who have Sex with Men (MSM)

3222 (64.2)

1182 (60.8)

2040 (66.4)

 

 Injection Drug Use (IDU)

557 (11.1)

207 (10.6)

350 (11.4)

 

 Heterosexual

1008 (20.1)

465 (23.9)

543 (17.7)

 

 Unknown or Other

230 (4.6)

91 (4.7)

139 (4.5)

 
  1. aComparing PWH populations with CD4 < 350 and CD4 ≥ 350 cells/mm3