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Table 1 Participant characteristics by HIV status

From: Self-harm in young people with perinatal HIV and HIV negative young people in England: cross sectional analysis

 

Total (n = 403)

PHIV (n = 303)

HIV- (n = 100)

P value

n (%) or mean {SD} or median [IQR]

Sociodemographics

Male sex

155 (38.5)

124 (40.9)

31 (31.0)

0.077

Age group

  ≤ 15 years

157 (39.0)

115 (38.0)

42 (42.0)

0.541

 16–18 years

160 (39.7)

125 (41.2)

35 (35.0)

  ≥ 19 years

86 (21.3)

63 (20.8)

23 (23.0)

 Age, median [IQR]

16.7 [15.0, 18.6]

16.7 [15.1,18.5]

16.7 [14.5,18.7]

0.770

Black ethnicity

333 (82.6)

260 (85.8)

73 (73.0)

0.003

Born outside UK/Ireland

224 (55.6)

177 (58.4)

47 (47.0)

0.046

Social/ family factors

Live with parents/carers

363 (90.3)

274 (90.7)

89 (89.0)

0.613

Live in original nuclear family

85 (21.1)

69 (22.9)

16 (16.0)

0.146

Parent/carer employed

274 (69.9)

217 (73.6)

57 (58.8)

0.006

Biological parent vital status:

 Both parents alive

249 (65.7)

178 (62.7)

71 (74.7)

0.093

 One parent deceased

112 (29.6)

92 (32.4)

20 (21.1)

 Both parents deceased

18 (4.8)

14 (4.9)

4 (4.2)

Number of carersa

1 [1.0,2.0]

1 [1.0,2.0]

1 [1.0,2.0]

0.297

Ever contact with social services

112 (28.4)

83 (27.8)

29 (30.2)

0.643

Ever contact with educational support services

103 (25.8)

84 (28.0)

19 (19.0)

0.075

Mental health factors

PedsQL HRQL score

76.7 {14.0}

75.6 {13.9}

79.8 {13.7}

0.009

z score

−0.7 {1.2}

−0.8 {1.2}

−0.4 {1.2}

0.007

Rosenberg self-esteem score

20.6 {5.3}

20.6 {5.2}

20.7 {5.5}

0.977

z score

−1.9 {1.5}

−1.9 {1.5}

−1.9 {1.6}

0.953

MMQL body image satisfaction score

64.3 {23.2}

64.4 {22.6}

63.9 {25.2}

0.850

z score

−0.2 {0.9}

−0.2 {0.8}

−0.2 {0.9}

0.850

HADS Depression score

3.8 {3.1}

3.9 {3.1}

3.5 {2.9}

0.245

z score

−0.1 {0.8}

−0.1 {0.8}

0.0 {0.8}

0.154

HADS Anxiety score

6.4 {4.0}

6.5 {3.9}

6 {4.1}

0.268

z score

−0.1 {0.9}

0.0 {0.8}

−0.2 {0.9}

0.133

Major life events

−0.1 {2.7}

0.0 {2.6}

−0.4 {3.0}

0.270

Lifestyle/ behavioural factors

Ever used alcohol

163 (42.5)

120 (41.5)

43 (45.3)

0.522

Ever used cannabis

68 (18.2)

42 (14.8)

26 (28.6)

0.003

Ever used other recreational drugs

15 (4.0)

10 (3.5)

5 (5.5)

0.373

  1. PHIV perinatally-acquired HIV, HIV- HIV negative
  2. anumber of adults taking responsibility for the participant during childhood