Risk Factors Associated with False Positive HIV Test Results in a Low-Risk Urban Obstetric Population

Table 3

HIV testing groups stratified by age and parity.

Nulliparous
HIV result	≤19 years; 𝑁=4925	>19 years; 𝑁=9671	𝑃
Positive	10 (0.20)	35 (0.36)
False positive	35 (0.71)	28 (0.29)	0.0003
Negative	4880 (99.1)	9608 (99.4)
Parous
HIV result	≤19 years; 𝑁=1568	>19 years; 𝑁=31544	𝑃
Positive	7 (0.45)	120 (0.38)
False positive	6 (0.38)	76 (0.24)	0.5
Negative	1555 (99.2)	31348 (99.4)

Data expressed as 𝑁 (%).