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)bM (SD)M (SD)

Age (in years)42.2 (9.9)42.5 (9.9)40.3 (9.6)0.18f
Years with HIV9.8 (7.2)9.6 (7.1)11.0 (7.4)0.25f
CD4+ countc596.5 (318.7)c571.9 (324.2)d556.4 (290.4)e0.78f
Life chaos15.4 (4.9)15.1 (4.7)17.1 (5.8)0.01f

Column % ( )Column % ( )Column % ( )

Race
 White, non-Hispanic70.6 (195)72.0 (167)63.6 (28)0.44g
 Black10.1 (28)10.3 (24)9.1 (4)
 Hispanic15.2 (42)13.8 (32)22.7 (10)
 Other4.0 (11)3.9 (9)4.6 (2)
Education
 High school or less11.2 (31)11.2 (26)11.4 (5)0.34h
 Tech school or some college46.0 (127)47.8 (111)36.4 (16)
 College degree42.8 (118)41.0 (95)52.3 (23)
Depressive symptomsi
 No36.4 (99)37.1 (85)32.6 (14)0.57h
 Yes62.5 (173)62.9 (144)67.4 (29)
Alcohol usej
 No alcohol problem68.1 (188)72.0 (167)47.7 (21)<0.01h
 Hazardous drinking17.8 (49)17.2 (40)20.5 (9)
 Alcohol dependency14.1 (39)10.8 (25)31.8 (14)

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].