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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Emerg Med. 2009 Sep;27(7):868–874. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.06.019

Table 2.

Multivariable logistic regression analysis of covariates of HIV testing

All patients Patients with blood or body fluid exposures Patients with sexual assault Patients with a primary sexually transmitted infection/disease
n=7901 n=0.8011 n=0.6781 n=5.621
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Age (years)
 13–17 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 18–22 1.15 (0.78–1.68) 0.84 (0.06–12.61) 2.33 (0.76–7.18) 3.49 (0.75–16.22)
 23–27 1.08 (0.74–1.58) 0.79 (0.06–10.62) 1.76 (0.54–5.72) 4.19 (0.89–19.81)
 28–32 1.18 (0.85–1.63) 1.53 (0.12–19.20) 1.02 (0.18–5.77) 0.47 (0.06–3.50)
 33–37 1.09 (0.75–1.59) 0.48 (0.04–5.93) 0.79 (0.11–5.62) 1.48 (0.23–9.40)
 38–42 1.14 (0.79–1.64) 0.91 (0.07–12.09) <0.001 2.50 (0.33–19.03)
 43–47 0.88 (0.59–1.33) 0.76 (0.06–10.45) <0.001 0.77 (0.07–9.12)
 48–52 0.64 (0.40–1.02) 0.08 (0.01–0.90) <0.001 <0.001
 53–57 0.41 (0.22–0.74) 0.68 (0.04–12.77) <0.001 <0.001
 58–64 0.38 (0.22–0.66) 0.77 (0.04–13.70) <0.001 <0.001
Gender
 Male 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Female 0.83 (0.69–1.01) 0.35 (0.16–0.78) 1.49 (0.44–5.05) 3.03 (1.23–7.46)
Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Hispanic 1.39 (1.06–1.81) 0.79 (0.20–3.11) 1.62 (0.24–11.12) 0.22 (0.03–1.61)
 Unknown 0.79 (0.55–1.15) 0.59 (0.21–1.69) 1.22 (0.20–7.36) 0.25 (0.04–1.64)
Race
 White 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Black 1.52 (1.19–1.94) 0.50 (0.18–1.36) 1.83 (0.68–4.94) 0.75 (0.28–2.00)
 Other 1.26 (0.82–1.96) 1.02 (0.24–4.46) 2.16 (0.12–39.63) <0.001
Health Insurance
 Private 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Medicare 1.95 (1.20–3.16) NA <0.001 1.28 (0.16–10.17)
 Medicaid 2.35 (1.81–3.03) 1.75 (0.74–4.15) 0.31 (0.07–1.38) 0.70 (0.22–2.27)
 Self-pay/No-charge/Other 1.74 (1.35–2.23) 0.18 (0.04–0.79) 1.46 (0.49–4.34) 1.33 (0.50–3.52)
 Unknown 1.34 (0.83–2.17) 0.46 (0.08–2.64) 0.45 (0.16–1.28) 2.70 (0.40–18.39)
Region
 Midwest 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Northeast 1.57 (1.04–2.38) 2.36 (0.87–6.41) 1.50 (0.45–5.00) 0.53 (0.12–2.31)
 South 1.35 (0.90–2.01) 1.37 (0.43–4.41) 0.88 (0.27–2.93) 1.92 (0.60–6.21)
 West 0.99 (0.67–1.46) 1.07 (0.39–2.95) 0.28 (0.04–1.85) 1.96 (0.45–8.47)
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