Clinical Study
The Prevalence of Undiagnosed HIV Infection in Those Who Decline HIV Screening in an Urban Emergency Department
Table 3
HIV seropositivity among decliners by age, race, gender, and main reasons for declining ().
| Characteristic | HIV negative
| HIV positive | -value* |
| Age | | | | <35 years old | 253 (98.4) | 4 (1.6) | .57 | ≥35 years old | 335 (97.7) | 8 (2.3) | Race | | | | White | 244 (99.6) | 1 (0.4) | .03 | Non-white | 344 (96.9) | 11 (3.1) | Gender | | | | Male | 211 (98.1) | 4 (1.9) | 1.00 | Female | 377 (97.9) | 8 (2.1) | Felt was not at risk for HIV | | | | Yes | 297 (97.4) | 8 (2.6) | .38 | No | 291 (98.6) | 4 (1.4) | Recently tested | | | | Yes | 505 (98.1) | 10 (1.9) | .68 | No | 83 (97.7) | 2 (2.3) | Would rather test somewhere else | | | | Yes | 296 (97.4) | 8 (2.6) | .31 | No | 292 (98.6) | 4 (1.4) |
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*Fisher’s exact test due to cell sizes <5.
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