| Characteristic |
Retained
(n=130) |
Not Retained
(n=355) |
p-value* |
| |
n |
% |
n |
% |
| Female |
56 |
43% |
146 |
41% |
0.70 |
| Male |
74 |
57% |
209 |
59% |
| White |
23 |
18% |
79 |
22% |
0.62 |
| Other/Unknown Race |
2 |
2% |
10 |
3% |
| Black |
75 |
58% |
192 |
54% |
| Hispanic |
30 |
23% |
74 |
21% |
| Housing |
117 |
90% |
283 |
80% |
0.01 |
| Homeless |
12 |
9% |
70 |
20% |
| Unknown Housing |
1 |
1% |
2 |
1% |
| Heterosexual |
71 |
55% |
164 |
46% |
0.01 |
| Other Risk |
2 |
2% |
14 |
4% |
| Unknown Risk |
3 |
2% |
36 |
10% |
| MSM |
35 |
27% |
74 |
21% |
| IDU (incl MSM IDU) |
19 |
15% |
67 |
19% |
| Mean age |
41.1 |
NA |
42.1 |
NA |
0.36 |
| On ART Baseline |
49 |
38% |
133 |
37% |
0.94 |
| VL undetectable |
19 |
15% |
80 |
23% |
0.03 |
| VL detectable |
43 |
33% |
133 |
37% |
| VL unknown at first visit |
68 |
52% |
142 |
40% |
| CD4 over 200 |
40 |
31% |
166 |
47% |
0.01 |
| CD4<200 |
18 |
14% |
42 |
12% |
| CD4 unknown at first visit |
72 |
55% |
147 |
41% |
| ADI |
7 |
5% |
18 |
5% |
0.89 |
| Hepatitis A, B, or C |
31 |
9% |
6 |
5% |
0.13 |
| Medical Comorbidities 1+ |
62 |
17% |
24 |
18% |
0.80 |
| Psychiatric Disorder |
22 |
17% |
37 |
10% |
0.05 |
| STI |
16 |
12% |
37 |
10% |
0.56 |
| Substance Use Disorder |
11 |
8% |
43 |
12% |
0.26 |
|
* P-value calculated using either χ2 test or, for variables with expected cell counts ≤ 5, Fisher’s Exact test. The exception was age, a continuous measure, where a student’s t-test was used to calculate the p-value. The n column for mean age is the mean age for that patient group. |
|
