Table 2 Baseline characteristics of participants in the study sample (n = 717)
Characteristics | Participants (n = 717) n (%) or median (IQR) |
|---|---|
Age | 49 (43, 54) |
Gender – Male | 522 (73) |
Race/Ethnicity | |
Asian | 11 (2) |
Black | 28 (4) |
White | 541 (76) |
Metis | 32 (5) |
First nation | 102 (14) |
Hispanic/Latino | 7 (1) |
Born outside Canada | 64 (9) |
Education—High school educated | 376 (52) |
Employment—Unemployed | 525 (73) |
Monthly income—< $1500 | 543 (76) |
Revenue Source—Welfare | 332 (46) |
Current injection drug use | 244 (34) |
Current alcohol use | 444 (62) |
Current smoking | 534 (75) |
BMI category | |
Underweight (< 18.5 kg/m2) | 40 (6) |
Normal weight (18.5–25 kg/m2) | 312 (44) |
Overweight (25–29.9 kg/m2) | 189 (26) |
Obese (30.0 kg/m2) | 87 (12) |
End-stage Liver disease | 27 (4) |
HIV clinical stage—A1 (Asymptomatic and CD4 > 500 cells/μl) | 248 (35) |
Past AIDS related illness | 28 (4) |
CES-D-10 score | 10 (5, 15) |
CES-D-10 category—≥ 10 | 382 (53) |
Depression diagnosis | 68 (10) |
Prescribed antidepressant medications | 320 (45) |
HR-QoL using EQ-5D-3L instrument | |
Anxiety/depression | |
Not anxious or depressed | 352 (49) |
Moderately anxious or depressed | 302 (42) |
Extremely anxious or depressed | 60 (8) |
Current health state (visual analog scale) | 70 (56, 80) |