Exploration of the Effect of Tobacco Smoking on Metabolic Measures in Young People Living with HIV
Table 1
Demographics of HIV-positive youth smokers and nonsmokers.
Variable
Smokers ()
Nonsmokers ()
value1
Age in years: mean (SD)
21.6 (2.0)
20.8 (2.3)
<0.001
Race: (%)
Black/African American
89 (62.7)
168 (74.3)
0.05
White
19 (13.4)
17 (7.5)
Other/mixed race
34 (23.9)
41 (18.1)
Hispanic ethnicity: (%)
38 (26.4)
48 (21.1)
0.26
Years since HIV-positive diagnosis: mean (SD)
2.5 (2.2)
2.2 (2.0)
0.30
Current log10 viral load (copies/mL): mean (SD)
3.4 (1.0)
3.2 (1.1)
0.02
Current viral load ≤400 copies/mL: (%)
49 (34.5)
109 (48.2)
0.01
Current CD4 count (cells/mm3): mean (SD)
495 (273)
536 (319)
0.18
Current antiretroviral use by drug class: (%)
ART-naive
84 (58.3)
106 (46.5)
0.17
NNRTI, no PI
27 (18.8)
59 (25.9)
PI, no NNRTI
27 (18.8)
51 (22.4)
Non-PI, non-NNRTI2
6 (4.2)
12 (5.3)
Use alcohol: (%)
123 (85.4)
136 (59.6)
<0.001
Use marijuana, hash: (%)
120 (83.3)
95 (41.7)
<0.001
Use crack: (%)
6 (4.2)
3 (1.3)
0.09
Use cocaine: (%)
43 (29.9)
18 (7.9)
<0.001
Use methamphetamine: (%)
20 (13.9)
10 (4.4)
0.002
Exercise regularly: (%)
61 (42.4)
98 (43.0)
0.91
SD = standard deviation.
1 values obtained from Student’s -test for continuous measures and Fisher’s exact test for categorical measures.
2This antiretroviral drug class was used only in the study of females.
