Clinical Study
The Prevalence of Undiagnosed HIV Infection in Those Who Decline HIV Screening in an Urban Emergency Department
Table 1
Demographic characteristics and HIV seroprevalence among HIV test acceptors and decliners.
| | Characteristic | Total (%) | Acceptors (%) | Decliners (%) | | | | | P value |
| | Age | | | | | | ā<35 years old* | 3040 (55.8) | 2784 (57.5) | 256 (42.6) | <.001 | | āā„35 years old | 2405 (44.2) | 2061 (42.5) | 344 (57.4) | |
| | Gender | | | | | | āMale* | 2182 (40.1) | 1969 (40.6) | 215 (35.7) | .07 | | āFemale | 3262 (59.9) | 2875 (59.4) | 385 (64.3) | | | āTransgender | 1 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| | Race | | | | | | āWhite* | 1810 (33.3) | 1566 (32.4) | 244 (40.7) | <.001 | | āBlack | 3089 (56.9) | 2794 (57.8) | 295 (49.2) | | | āAsian | 75 (1.4) | 62 (1.3) | 13 (2.2) | | | āOther | 278 (5.1) | 253 (5.2) | 25 (4.2) | | | āDo not know/unsure | 193 (3.3) | 170 (3.3) | 23 (3.7) | |
| | Insurance | | | | | | āPrivate* | 2812 (51.8) | 2694 (55.7) | 118 (19.7) | <.001 | | āPublic | 735 (13.5) | 340 (7.0) | 395 (65.9) | | | āNone/self-pay | 506 (9.3) | 492 (10.2) | 14 (2.3) | | | āUnknown/other | 1392 (25.4) | 1319 (27.1) | 73 (12.0) | |
| | HIV test result | | | | | | āPositive | 47 (0.9) | 35 (0.7) | 12 (2.0) | .001 |
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*Comparison used to determine value.
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