Table 2 Univariate regression analyses of physical health and mental health summary scores. (N = 496)
Variables | Physical health summary | Mental health summary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
β | (95% CI) | p | β | (95% CI) | p | |
Demographic variables | ||||||
 Age 20-34 | Ref. |  |  | Ref. |  |  |
 Age 35-49 | −4.80 | (−7.54, −2.06) | <0.001 | 1.28 | (−1.81, 4.38) | 0.415 |
 Age 50+ | −7.97 | (−11.1, −4.83) | <0.001 | 1.14 | (−2.40, 4.68) | 0.528 |
 Female | −1.39 | (−3.63, 0.84) | 0.222 | −4.08 | (−6.52, −1.64) | 0.001 |
 Caucasian | −2.82 | (−5.02, −0.61) | 0.012 | −0.78 | (−3.23, 1.66) | 0.529 |
 Heterosexual | −1.13 | (−3.14, 0.88) | 0.270 | −3.03 | (−5.23, −0.83) | 0.007 |
Economic variables | ||||||
 No high school degreedegree | −2.76 | (−5.11, −0.42) | 0.021 | −3.49 | (−6.08, −0.91) | 0.008 |
 Unemployed | −7.44 | (−9.75, −5.13) | <0.001 | −6.23 | (−8.82, −3.64) | <0.001 |
 Low income (< 1150 CAD/month) | −1.15 | (−3.06, 0.75) | 0.235 | −3.23 | (−5.31, −1.14) | 0.003 |
Social variables | ||||||
 Low support (MOS-SSS < 43) | −3.39 | (−5.27, −1.51) | <0.001 | −6.96 | (−8.96, −4.95) | <0.001 |
 Living alone | −2.10 | (−4.0, −0.20) | 0.030 | −1.98 | (−4.07, 0.11) | 0.064 |
Clinical variables | ||||||
 A history of AIDS diagnosis | −5.07 | (−6.92, −3.22) | <0.001 | −3.09 | (−5.18, −1.01) | 0.004 |
 CD4 count < 200 cells/mL [n = 412] | −2.48 | (−4.58, −0.38) | 0.021 | 0.56 | (−1.82, 2.93) | 0.646 |
 Years since HIV diagnosis | −0.15 | (−0.29, −0.00) | 0.045 | 0.22 | (0.06, 0.38) | 0.007 |
 Years since starting ART [n = 379] | −0.20 | (−0.40, −0.01) | 0.041 | 0.21 | (−0.01, −0.43) | 0.063 |
Basic needs variable | ||||||
 Unmet basic needs | −6.58 a | (−9.31, −3.86) | <0.001 | −8.24 b | (−11.25, −5.24) | <0.001 |