Table 3 Comparisons of tobacco and alcohol use among men and women living with HIV
Variables | Total | Men | Women | P-valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Currently smoke/use tobacco products | 75 (14.7) | 69 (40.6) | 6 (1.8) | <0.001 | |
Currently use smokeless tobacco | 19 (3.7) | 0 (0.0) | 19 (5.6) | 0.002 | |
Ever smoked regularly, but not a current smoker | 58 (11.4) | 45 (26.5) | 13 (3.8) | <0.001 | |
Mean age when first started smoking (years) | 20.8 ± 7.6 | 20.9 ± 7.6 | 20.0 ± 8.3 | 0.79 | |
Mean age when stopped smoking (years) | 39.1 ± 12.3 | 39.2 ± 11.6 | 38.3 ± 17.8 | 0.87 | |
Mean number of cigarettes smoked per day | 10.0 ± 7.4 | 10.4 ± 7.3 | 5.8 ± 7.9 | 0.15 | |
Ever consumed a drink containing alcohol | 279 (54.7) | 126 (74.1) | 153 (45.0) | <0.001 | |
Consumed alcohol within the past 12Â months | 213 (76.3) | 107 (84.9) | 106 (69.3) | <0.001 | |
Frequency of alcohol consumption in the past 12Â months | |||||
| Â | Less than once a month | 144 (67.6) | 59 (55.1) | 85 (80.2) | Â |
|  | 1–3 days/month | 34 (16.0) | 21 (19.6) | 13 (12.3) |  |
|  | 1–4 days/week | 21 (9.9) | 20 (18.7) | 1 (0.9) |  |
| Â | 5 or more days per week | 14 (6.6) | 7 (6.5) | 7 (6.6) | <0.001 |
Mean standard drink consumed per day | 0.5 ± 3.3 | 0.4 ± 0.7 | 0.5 ± 4.7 | 0.75 | |
Mean of ethanol consumed per day (in grams) | 4.8 ± 33.1 | 4.1 ± 6.8 | 5.5 ± 46.6 | 0.75 | |