Descriptive statistics of sociodemographic and clinical factors among older people living with HIV, Georgia, 2023 (n=125)
| Characteristic | n=125* |
| Sex | |
| Male | 78 (62%) |
| Female | 47 (38%) |
| Age (in years) | 49 (44, 54) |
| Education | |
| School education | 89 (71%) |
| Higher education | 36 (29%) |
| Receiving social aid | |
| Yes | 37 (30%) |
| No | 88 (70%) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | |
| <18.5: Underweight | 7 (5.6%) |
| 18.5–24.9: Normal weight | 55 (44%) |
| 25.0–29.9: Overweight | 47 (38%) |
| ≥30: Obese | 16 (13%) |
| Depression (BDI-II) | |
| 0–16: No depression | 86 (72%) |
| 17–63: Borderline or clinical depression | 33 (28%) |
| Anxiety (GAD7) | |
| 0–9: Minimal or mild | 89 (79%) |
| 10–21: Moderate or severe | 24 (21%) |
| Drug dependency | |
| No | 78 (62%) |
| Yes | 47 (38%) |
| AUDIT score | |
| 0–7: Low-risk consumption | 94 (75%) |
| 8–14: Hazardous or harmful consumption | 21 (17%) |
| 15–40: Moderate-severe alcohol use disorder | 10 (8.0%) |
| Smoking status | |
| Never | 30 (24%) |
| Past | 14 (11%) |
| Current | 80 (65%) |
| Framingham risk score | 9 (4, 15) |
| Framingham risk score category | |
| 0–10: Low | 69 (57%) |
| 10–20: Intermediate | 31 (26%) |
| >=20: High | 21 (17%) |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | |
| 0–199 | 99 (80%) |
| 200–239 | 16 (13%) |
| >=240 | 8 (6.5%) |
| HDL (mg/dL) | |
| 0–39 | 40 (33%) |
| >=40 | 83 (67%) |
| Diabetes | |
| No | 119 (95%) |
| Yes | 6 (4.8%) |
*Categorical variables are summarised with frequencies (percentages). Continuous variables are summarised with median (IQR).
AUDIT, Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test; BDI, Beck’s depression inventory; BMI, body mass index; DUDIT, Drug Use Disorder Identification Test; GAD, generalised anxiety disorder; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.