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

Table 2 Mortality rates overall and by level of alcohol use and race for black, Hispanic, and white VA patients living with HIV (n = 17,239)

	Overall (n = 17, 239)		Black (n = 8518)		Hispanic (n = 1353)		White (n = 7368)		p value*
# of Deaths	2041		1042		128		871		0.014

	Mortality rate^a	95% CI	Mortality rate^a	95% CI	Mortality rate^a	95% CI	Mortality rate^a	95% CI	p value*
Overall (n = 17,239)	2.7	(2.6, 2.9)	2.9	(2.7, 3.1)	2.2	(1.8, 2.6)	2.7	(2.5, 2.9)	0.0111
Lower-risk (n = 13,119)	2.4	(2.3, 2.6)	2.7	(2.5, 2.9)	1.8	(1.4, 2.2)	2.3	(2.1, 2.5)	0.0008
Moderate-risk (n = 3044)	3.3	(3.0, 3.7)	3.1	(2.7, 3.5)	2.9	(2.0, 4.2)	3.7	(3.2, 4.3)	0.1507
High risk (n = 1076)	5.0	(4.4, 5.7)	4.5	(3.7, 5.3)	5.0	(3.2, 8.0)	5.9	(4.8, 7.3)	0.1419

^aMortality rate is calculated per 100 person-years
*p value determined by Chi square test for difference in number of deaths and log-rank test for difference in mortality rate, italicized if significant

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