Research Article
Symptom Status Predicts Patient Outcomes in Persons with HIV and Comorbid Liver Disease
Table 2
Measure comparisons by model variable for HIV and HIV + LD groups.
| | Variable measure | Overall ()
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Group | Statistic | | HIV () | HIV + LD () | | | n (%)/M (SD) | n (%)/M (SD) | n (%)/M (SD) |
Chi-sq/t-test | | df | Value | P value |
| | Biological/physiological factors | | | | | | | | CD4 count | 455.94 (303.97) | 492.25 (341.98) | 435.43 (316.30) | Mann-Whitney | −2.01 | .044 | | HIV viral load | | | | Pearson (1) | 3.35 | .067 | | Detectable | 199 (41.1) | 102 (37.5) | 97 (45.8) | | | | | Undetectable | 285 (58.9) | 170 (62.5) | 115 (54.2) | | | | | Symptom status | | | | | | | | Beck depression inventory-II | 14.94 (11.54) | 13.89 (11.68) | 16.34 (11.22) | 525 | −2.42 | .016 | | MOS-HIV mental summary score | 45.44 (12.06) | 46.77 (12.24) | 43.63 (11.59) | 520 | 2.96 | .003 | | Functional status | | | | | | | | Missed appointments | | | | Pearson (1) | .835 | .361 | | Yes | 172 (33.0) | 94 (31.3) | 78 (35.1) | | | | | No | 350 (67.0) | 206 (68.7) | 144 (64.9) | | | | | MOS-HIV physical summary score | 41.80 (11.62) | 43.47 (11.28) | 39.51 (11.72) | 520 | 3.90 | <.001 | | Perception of illness | 0.74 (0.19) | .74 (.18) | .731 (.19) | 524 | .72 | .470 | | MOS-HIV health transition score | 3.34 (1.02) | 3.39 (1.01) | 3.27 (1.02) | 524 | 1.34 | .182 | | Overall quality of life | | | | | | | | Satisfaction with life scale | 3.57 (1.49) | 3.63 (1.44) | 3.49 (1.56) | 517 | 1.08 | .280 |
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