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Table 1 Sample characteristics (n = 897)

From: Comorbidities and psychosocial factors as correlates of self-reported falls in a nationwide sample of community-dwelling people aging with HIV in Germany

 

N (%)

Mean (Standard deviation)

Range

Falls

 none

732 (81.6%)

  

 single fall

43 (4.8%)

  

 recurring falls

109 (12.2%)

  

 falls without frequency

13 (1.4%)

  

Age

 

57.3 (6.7)

50–83

 50–59 years

638 (71.1%)

  

 60–69 years

191 (21.3%)

  

 70 years and older

68 (7.6%)

  

Sex

 male

781 (87.1%)

  

 female

116 (12.9%)

  

Sexual orientation

 heterosexual men

76 (8.5%)

  

 homo−/bisexual men

699 (78.5%)

  

 heterosexual women

107 (12.0%)

  

 homo−/bisexual women

8 (0.9%)

  

Education

 10 years or less

484 (55.3%)

  

 more than 10 years

392 (44.7%)

  

Socioeconomic status

 

12.4 (4.0)

3.3–21

Duration of HIV-infection

 

16.8 (8.6)

1–32

 1–5 years

104 (11.6%)

  

 6–10 years

150 (16.8%)

  

 11–20 years

310 (34.6%)

  

 21 years and longer

331 (37.0%)

  

HIV-1 RNA

 detectable

61 (7.1%)

  

 undetectable

799 (92.9%)

  

AIDS diagnosis

 yes

296 (34.8%)

  

 no

554 (65.2%)

  

Social Support

 

10.0 (2.5)

3–14

Loneliness

 

3.0 (.9)

1–4

Experienced HIV stigma

 

0.5 (.6)

0–4

Internalized HIV stigma

 

1.6 (.7)

1–4

Adversarial growth

 

2.3 (.8)

1–4