Abstract P072 HIV testing for patients with tuberculosis aged >15 and ⩽65 years at Kings College Hospital diagnosed between 2002 and 2005.

	Offered test	Accepted test	HIV positive
Place of diagnosis
Outpatients	242/262 (92%)	170/262 (65%)	36/167 (22%)
Inpatients	151/159 (95%)	122/159 (77%)	48/121 (40%)
	p = 0.2*	p = 0.007	p = 0.001
Ethnic group†
White	45/55 (82%)	35/55 (64%)	6/35 (18%)
South Asian	31/33 (94%)	15/33 (46%)	0/14 (0%)
Black Caribbean	40/42 (95%)	31/42 (74%)	7/30 (23%)
Black African	228/236 (97%)	183/236 (78%)	63/181 (35%)
	p = 0.001	p = 0.001	p = 0.01
Age categories (years)
>15 to ⩽25	76/82 (93%)	53/82 (65%)	6/53 (11%)
>25 to ⩽45	245/258 (95%)	189/258 (73%)	68/187 (36%)
>45 to ⩽65	72/81 (89%)	50/81 (62%)	10/48 (21%)
	p = 0.155	p = 0.085	p = 0.001