Characteristics of alcohol drinking among study participants
| Variables | Total (N=2121) | Male (N=2041) | Female (N=80) | Male | Female | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIV+ (N=431) | HIV− (N=1610) | HIV+ (N=20) | HIV− (N=60) | ||||
| Ever alcohol drinking | *** | ||||||
| No | 284 (13.4) | 257 (12.6) | 27 (33.8) | 60 (13.9) | 197 (12.2) | 6 (30.0) | 21 (35.0) |
| Yes | 1837 (86.6) | 1784 (87.4) | 53 (66.3) | 371 (86.1) | 1413 (87.8) | 14 (70.0) | 39 (65.0) |
| Drinking initiation age (years) | ** | ||||||
| ≥18 | 884 (48.1) | 854 (47.9) | 30 (56.6) | 149 (40.2) | 705 (49.9) | 5 (35.7) | 25 (64.1) |
| <18 | 953 (51.9) | 930 (52.1) | 23 (43.4) | 222 (59.8) | 708 (50.1) | 9 (64.3) | 14 (35.9) |
| Drinking years | *** | ||||||
| <20 | 745 (40.6) | 708 (39.7) | 37 (69.8) | 155 (41.8) | 553 (39.1) | 11 (78.6) | 26 (66.7) |
| ≥20 | 1092 (59.4) | 1076 (60.3) | 16 (30.2) | 216 (58.2) | 860 (60.9) | 3 (21.4) | 13 (33.3) |
| Drinking during MMT | *** | *** | |||||
| No | 566 (26.7) | 521 (25.5) | 45 (56.3) | 143 (33.2) | 378 (23.5) | 10 (50.0) | 35 (58.3) |
| Yes | 1555 (73.3) | 1520 (74.5) | 35 (43.8) | 288 (66.8) | 1232 (76.5) | 10 (50.0) | 25 (41.7) |
| Drinking frequency in the past month | *** | *** | |||||
| None and occasionally | 1602 (75.5) | 1526 (74.8) | 76 (95.0) | 355 (82.4) | 1171 (72.7) | 19 (95.0) | 57 (95.0) |
| Often and daily | 519 (24.5) | 515 (25.2) | 4 (5.0) | 76 (17.6) | 439 (27.3) | 1 (5.0) | 3 (5.0) |
| Drinking types | *** | *** | |||||
| Distilled spirits only | 563 (45.3) | 560 (45.6) | 3 (23.1) | 90 (44.8) | 470 (45.7) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (30.0) |
| Beer only | 355 (28.6) | 346 (28.2) | 9 (69.2) | 63 (31.3) | 283 (27.5) | 2 (66.7) | 7 (70.0) |
| Both of the above | 324 (26.1) | 323 (26.3) | 1 (7.7) | 48 (23.9) | 275 (26.8) | 1 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| Alcohol use in the past month | *** | *** | |||||
| None | 879 (41.4) | 812 (39.8) | 67 (83.8) | 230 (53.4) | 582 (36.1) | 17 (85.0) | 50 (83.3) |
| Moderate | 889 (41.9) | 881 (43.2) | 8 (10.0) | 161 (37.4) | 720 (44.7) | 1 (5.0) | 7 (11.7) |
| Hazardous | 353 (16.6) | 348 (17.1) | 5 (6.3) | 40 (9.3) | 308 (19.1) | 2 (10.0) | 3 (5.0) |
| Attitude to effect of drinking on AIDS | |||||||
| Good | 8 (2.2) | 8 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (2.3) | – | 0 (0.0) | – |
| Harmful | 266 (72.5) | 255 (72.2) | 11 (78.6) | 255 (72.2) | – | 11 (78.6) | – |
| No effect | 93 (25.3) | 90 (25.5) | 3 (21.4) | 90 (25.5) | – | 3 (21.4) | – |
| Ever tried to quit drinking after diagnosed with HIV | |||||||
| Yes | 181 (49.3) | 174 (49.3) | 7 (50.0) | 174 (49.3) | – | 7 (50.0) | – |
| No | 186 (50.7) | 179 (50.7) | 7 (50.0) | 179 (50.7) | – | 7 (50.0) | – |
**p<0.01; ***p<0.001.
†p Value obtained from χ2 tests or Fisher's exact tests.