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World J Psychiatr. Mar 22, 2016; 6(1): 128-135
Published online Mar 22, 2016. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v6.i1.128
Published online Mar 22, 2016. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v6.i1.128
Table 2 Demographic and behavioral characteristics of study participants with or without depression
| Characteristics | No MDD | MDD treated | MDD untreated | P |
| (n = 89) | (n = 38) | (n = 20) | ||
| (%) | (%) | (%) | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 63.27 | 50 | 60 | 0.35 |
| Female | 36.73 | 50 | 40 | |
| Age groups | ||||
| > 55 | 24.49 | 5 | 15 | 0.12 |
| 35-55 | 62.24 | 77.5 | 70 | |
| < 35 | 13.27 | 17.5 | 15 | |
| Monthly income | ||||
| 0-200 | 32.61 | 30.77 | 33.33 | 0.32 |
| 204-670 | 17.39 | 25.64 | 5.56 | |
| 672-739 | 21.74 | 30.77 | 27.78 | |
| 743-2650 | 28.26 | 12.82 | 33.33 | |
| Educational status | ||||
| No college | 70.59 | 78.57 | 72.73 | 0.73 |
| College | 29.41 | 21.43 | 27.27 | |
| Accommodation | ||||
| Yes | 60.42 | 72.50 | 70 | 0.35 |
| No | 39.58 | 27.50 | 30 | |
| HIV treatment adherence | ||||
| No | 26.53 | 25 | 45 | 0.51 |
| Yes | 48.98 | 52.50 | 40 | |
| Unknown | 24.49 | 22.50 | 15 | |
| Substance abuse | ||||
| No | 41.84 | 30 | 45 | 0.37 |
| Yes | 58.16 | 70 | 55 | |
| Problem drinking | ||||
| No | 72.45 | 53.85 | 45 | 0.02 |
| Yes | 27.55 | 46.15 | 55 |
- Citation: Amanor-Boadu S, Hipolito MS, Rai N, McLean CK, Flanagan K, Hamilton FT, Oji V, Lambert SF, Le HN, Kapetanovic S, Nwulia EA. Poor CD4 count is a predictor of untreated depression in human immunodeficiency virus-positive African-Americans. World J Psychiatr 2016; 6(1): 128-135
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- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v6.i1.128