Research Article
Engagement in HIV Medical Care and Technology Use among Stimulant-Using and Nonstimulant-Using Men who have Sex with Men
Table 1
Sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics.
| | Total () | No stimulant use () | Stimulant use () | P value |
| | Ma (SD)b | M (SD) | M (SD) | |
| Age (in years) | 42.2 (9.9) | 42.5 (9.9) | 40.3 (9.6) | 0.18f | Years with HIV | 9.8 (7.2) | 9.6 (7.1) | 11.0 (7.4) | 0.25f | CD4+ countc | 596.5 (318.7)c | 571.9 (324.2)d | 556.4 (290.4)e | 0.78f | Life chaos | 15.4 (4.9) | 15.1 (4.7) | 17.1 (5.8) | 0.01f |
| | Column % () | Column % () | Column % () | |
| Race | | | | | White, non-Hispanic | 70.6 (195) | 72.0 (167) | 63.6 (28) | 0.44g | Black | 10.1 (28) | 10.3 (24) | 9.1 (4) | | Hispanic | 15.2 (42) | 13.8 (32) | 22.7 (10) | | Other | 4.0 (11) | 3.9 (9) | 4.6 (2) | | Education | | | | | High school or less | 11.2 (31) | 11.2 (26) | 11.4 (5) | 0.34h | Tech school or some college | 46.0 (127) | 47.8 (111) | 36.4 (16) | | College degree | 42.8 (118) | 41.0 (95) | 52.3 (23) | | Depressive symptomsi | | | | | No | 36.4 (99) | 37.1 (85) | 32.6 (14) | 0.57h | Yes | 62.5 (173) | 62.9 (144) | 67.4 (29) | | Alcohol usej | | | | | No alcohol problem | 68.1 (188) | 72.0 (167) | 47.7 (21) | <0.01h | Hazardous drinking | 17.8 (49) | 17.2 (40) | 20.5 (9) | | Alcohol dependency | 14.1 (39) | 10.8 (25) | 31.8 (14) | |
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Mean; bstandard deviation; c9 missing cases, median = 524; d6 missing cases, median = 527; e3 missing cases, median = 522; f-test; gFisher’s exact test; hchi-square test; iusing the 10-item CES-D scale [30]; jusing the AUDIT [33].
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