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 (𝑛=600).

Characteristic	HIV negative; 𝑛=588	HIV positive 𝑛=12	𝑃-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)

*Fisher’s exact test due to cell sizes <5.