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Table 1 Demographic Mental Health and Substance Use Characteristics of Any Current Pain Among PLHIV N = 733

From: Factors associated with current and severe pain among people living with HIV: results from a statewide sample

Characteristics

No Pain

N = 403 (56.0%)

Any Pain

N = 330 (45.0%)

Unadjusted Odds Ratio

P Value

Age in Years

   

< 0.01

 18–49 (n = 426)

255 (59.9)

171 (40.1)

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  ≥ 50 (n = 307)

148 (48.2)

159 (51.8)

1.60 (1.19, 2.15)

 

Sex

   

0.11

 Male (n = 500)

285 (57.0)

215 (43.0)

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 Female (n = 233)

118 (50.6)

115 (49.4)

1.29 (0.95,1.77)

 

Race/ethnicity

   

0.15

 Non-Hispanic Black (n = 403)

222 (55.1)

181 (44.9)

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 Non-Hispanic White (n = 157)

77 (49.0)

80 (51.0)

0.81 (0.55, 1.20)

 

 Hispanic (n = 143)

86 (60.1)

57 (39.9)

1.27 (0.88, 1.84)

 

Employment

   

< 0.01

 Employed (n = 188)

128 (68.1)

60 (31.9)

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 Unemployed (n = 529)

266 (50.3)

263 (49.7)

2.11 (1.49, 3.00)

 

Anxiety (GAD-7)

   

< 0.01

 No (< 10) (n = 493)

315 (63.9)

178 (36.1)

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 Yes (≥10) (n = 219)

79 (36.1)

140 (63.9)

3.14 (2.25, 4.37)

 

Depression (PHQ-8)

   

< 0.01

 No (< 10) (n = 492)

308 (62.6)

184 (37.4)

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 Yes (≥10) (n = 229)

93 (40.6)

136 (59.4)

2.45 (1.78, 3.37)

 

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PC-PTSD)

   

< 0.01

 No (n = 511)

315 (61.6)

196 (38.4)

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 Yes (n = 202)

76 (37.6)

126 (62.4)

2.66 (1.90, 3.73)

 

Marijuana Use

   

0.03

 No (n = 466)

266 (57.1)

200 (42.9)

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 Recreational use (n = 147)

83 (56.5)

64 (43.5)

1.03 (0.71, 1.49)

 

 Therapeutic use (n = 104)

45 (43.3)

59 (56.7)

1.74 (1.14, 2.68)

 

Alcohol Consumption

 

0.47

 No Drinking (n = 192)

112 (58.3)

80 (41.7)

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 Non-Hazardous Drinking (n = 257)

140 (54.5)

117 (45.5)

1.17 (0.80, 1.71)

 

 Hazardous Drinking (n = 255)

134 (52.6)

121 (47.5)

1.26 (0.87, 1.85)

 

Lifetime Injection drug use

   

0.09

 No (n = 611)

346 (56.6)

265 (43.4)

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 Yes (n = 101)

48 (47.5)

53 (52.5)

1.44 (0.95, 2.20)

 

Lifetime Crack/Cocaine

   

0.86

 No (n = 625)

340 (54.7)

281 (42.3)

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 Yes (n = 102)

54 (53.5)

47 (46.5)

1.05 (0.69, 1.61)

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