Racial/ethnic differences in the association between alcohol use and mortality among men living with HIV

Table 1 Patient characteristics and AUDIT-C categories across racial/ethnic groups and overall

	Black	Hispanic	White	p value	Overall
	n = 8518 (%)	n = 1353 (%)	n = 7368 (%)	p value	n = 17, 239 (%)
Demographic characteristics
Age
< 50	38.2	39.5	37.7	< 0.001	38.1
50–64	55.9	52.3	49.1		52.7
65+	5.9	8.1	13.2		9.2
HIV disease severity
CD4 count (< 200)^a
< 200	17.8	13.7	13.7	< 0.001	14.7
200–500	42.6	38.6	40.2		41.3
> 500	39.7	47.7	48.5		44.0
Viral load (≥ 500)^a	32.1	22.6	19.4	< 0.001	26.0
HAART	73.4	76.1	76.7	< 0.001	75.0
Comorbid mental and physical health conditions
Smoking status
Never	24.5	30.9	29.5	< 0.001	27.1
Past	10.3	17.1	16.9		13.6
Current	65.3	51.9	53.6		59.3
Drug use	24.3	8.6	14.5	< 0.001	16.9
BMI^a
Underweight	3.7	1.5	2.5	< 0.001	3.0
Normal and overweight	76.7	79.7	79.5		78.2
Obese	19.6	18.8	18.0		18.8
Cancer (non-AIDS related)	6.4	7.0	12.6	< 0.001	9.1
Lung disease	17.5	17.6	19.9	< 0.001	18.5
Cardiovascular disease	12.2	11.8	15.1	< 0.001	13.4
Hypertension	49.2	38.4	40.3	< 0.001	44.5
Diabetes	14.3	15.8	12.2	< 0.001	13.5
Hepatitis B	10.2	13.2	8.1	< 0.001	9.5
Hepatitis C	28.4	14.7	26.0	< 0.001	22.3
Anxiety	11.6	18.9	18.8	< 0.001	15.3
Major depression	20.5	21.8	21.7	0.180	21.1
Psychosis (schizophrenia, schizoaffective, other)	13.2	11.8	13.6	0.014	12.6
PTSD	13.3	10.7	12.3	< 0.001	12.1
AUDIT-C categories
AUDIT-C category
Lower-risk (1–3)	74.2	76.9	78.2	< 0.001	76.1
Moderate-risk (4–7)	18.3	16.9	17.1		17.7
High-risk (8–12)	7.5	6.3	4.8		6.2

^aMissing data about disease severity makes N = 14,880, N for BMI = 17,188, N for smoking = 16,958

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