Research Article
Risk Factors Associated with False Positive HIV Test Results in a Low-Risk Urban Obstetric Population
Table 2
Comorbidities, hepatitis B, and RPR results in HIV positive, false positive, and negative women.
|
Characteristic |
Positive
|
False positive
|
Negative
| | Positive versus false positive | Positive versus negative | False positive versus negative |
| Diabetes | 13 (8) | 8 (6) | 3015 (6) | 0.467 | 0.521 | 0.677 | Hypertension | 20 (12) | 16 (11) | 4164 (9) | 0.868 | 0.189 | 0.340 | HBsAg | | | | 0.002 | <0.001 | 0.580 | No result | 12 (7) | 0 (0) | 224 (0.5) | | | | Negative | 158 (92) | 145 (100) | 47038 (99) | | | | Positive | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 129 (0.3) | | | | RPR | | | | 0.020 | <0.001 | 0.618 | No result | 5 (3) | 0 (0) | 31 (0.07) | | | | Nonreactive | 163 (95) | 145 (100) | 47078 (99) | | | | Reactive | 4 (2) | 0 (0) | 282 (0.6) | | | |
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Data expressed as (%).
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