Table 1.
Characteristics of patients consenting to HIV testing and patients declining testing. Data are given as median and ranges or frequencies and percentages.
| Consenters N=106 |
Decliners N=60 |
P-Value | ||
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| Age | (median/range) | 27 (18-70) | 28 (18-57) | 0.578 |
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| Sex | Male | 44 (42.3) | 35 (58.3) | 0.053 |
| Female | 60 (57.7) | 25 (41.7) | ||
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| Race | White | 38 (35.8) | 21 (35.0) | 0.624 |
| Black | 65 (61.3) | 39 (65.0) | ||
| Other, mixed or unknown race | 3 (2.8) | 0 (0.0) | ||
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| Ethnicity | Hispanic | 2 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0.534 |
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| SES | No access to primary care | 47 (46.1) | 32 (53.3) | 0.418 |
| At or below the poverty level | 69 (69.0) | 31 (53.4) | 0.060 | |
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| Reason for offer |
Patient request | 1 (1.0) | 1 (1.7) | 0.802 |
| Clinical staff referral based on symptoms or illness |
1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Clinical staff referral based on risk | 8 (7.6) | 2 (3.3) | ||
| Counselor identified risks | 95 (89.6) | 57 (95.0) | ||
Statistical testing used the Mann-Whitney U-test or Fisher’s Exact test as appropriate.