Table 1 Baseline group characteristics
In Substance Abuse Treatment | NOT In Substance Abuse Treatment | Test Statistic | df | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | mean +/− sd or % | N | mean +/− sd or % | ||||
Demographic Variables | 13 | 202 | |||||
Age | 13 | 38.8+/−8.0 | 187 | 40.3+/−8.2 | t=−0.63 | 198 | NS |
Gender (Male) | 9 | 69.2% | 131 | 65.5% | = 0.08 | 1 | NS |
Ethnicity | Fisher Exact | 0.04 | |||||
Caucasian | 5 | 38.5% | 37 | 18.3% | |||
African American | 2 | 15.4% | 104 | 51.5% | |||
Hispanic | 0 | 0% | 6 | 3.0% | |||
Employed | 2 | 18.2% | 65 | 41.7% | Fisher Exact | NS | |
MSM | 5 | 55.6% | 80 | 63.5% | Fisher Exact | NS | |
HIV Markers | |||||||
Mean CD4+ | 13 | 295.4+/−202.6 | 186 | 227.8+/−207.0 | t=1.14 | 197 | NS |
Non-Detectable (%) | 12 | 92.3% | 170 | 91.4% | Fisher Exact | NS | |
Substance Use Variables | |||||||
Proportion Days Used Alcohol | 13 | 0.0055+/−0.020 | 188 | 0.088+/−0.1775 | t=−5.86 | 173.0 | <.0001 |
% Recent Alcohol Use | 1 | 7.7% | 78 | 38.6% | Fisher Exact | 0.034 | |
% Recent Cannabis | 0 | 21 | 13.4% | ||||
% Recent Cocaine | 0 | 7 | 3.5% | ||||
% Recent Heroin | 0 | 2 | 0.99% | ||||
% Recent Stimulants | 0 | 9 | 4.5% | ||||
% Used Any Illicit Drug | 0 | 17 | 8.4% | ||||