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. 2009 Dec 31;15(3):643–649. doi: 10.1007/s10461-009-9653-8

Table 1.

Univariate analysis predicting lack of awareness of HIV positive status (unrecognized infection)

N % Unaware OR 95% CI P-value
Demographic variables
Age .87
 <30 31 10 1.1 0.2 4.7
 30–39 106 13 1.5 0.5 4.4
 40–49 156 13 1.4 0.5 4.0
 ≥50 54 9
Race .06
 White 66 2 0.3 0.0 5.1
 African American 124 16 3.8 0.5 30.3
 Latino 133 14 3.3 0.4 26.3
 Other 21 5
Education level 0.09
 Less than high school (%) 86 19 2.2 1.0 4.8
 High school 95 11 1.2 0.5 2.7
 More than high school (%) 162 9
Employment status .54
 Unemployed 285 13 1.1 0.3 3.7
 Part-time 34 6 0.5 0.1 3.0
 Full-time 25 12
Income in past month (legal) .20
 $0–$500 189 15 2.6 0.8 9.0
 $501–$1,000 102 10 1.6 0.4 6.2
 >$1,000 48 6
Homeless in past year .86
 No 189 12 0.9 0.5 1.8
 Yes 155 12
Marital status .27
 Single 255 11 0.5 0.2 1.2
 Married/cohabitating 35 11 0.6 0.2 2.0
 Other 54 19
Drug use variables
Inject drugs—past 30 days .27
 No 299 13 2.0 0.6 6.7
 Yes 44 7
Inject drugs—ever .29
 No 253 13 1.6 0.7 3.5
 Yes 91 9
Urine drug screen, cocaine .04
 Negative 297 10 0.4 0.2 1.0
 Positive 47 21
Urine drug screen, methamphetamine .23
 Negative 298 13 2.1 0.6 7.1
 Positive 46 7
Urine drug screen, heroin .37
 Negative 325 12 2.5 0.3 19.4
 Positive 19 5
Self report, methamphetamine, last 6 months .83
 No 162 12 1.1 0.6 2.1
 Yes 181 12
Self report, cocaine/crack, last 6 months .37
 No 153 14 1.4 0.7 2.6
 Yes 190 11
Self report, heroin, last 6 months .25
 No 310 11 0.6 0.2 1.5
 Yes 33 18
Self report, speedball, last 6 months .81
 No 313 12 0.9 0.3 2.6
 Yes 30 13
Self report, any drug, last 6 months .64
 No 68 10 0.8 0.3 1.9
 Yes 275 12
Sexual behaviors
Number of sexual partners—past 6 months .91
 None 53 13 1.3 0.5 3.2
 1 51 12 1.1 0.4 3.0
 2 51 14 1.3 0.5 3.4
 3 or more 179 11
Condom use last 6 months .70
 No unprotected sex 163 11 0.9 0.4 1.7
 Unprotected sex 161 12
Sex of sex partners .05
 Men, but no sex last 6 months 53 13 0.5 0.1 1.4
 Men only 249 10 0.3 0.1 0.8
 Men and women 32 25
Female partners know have sex with men* .04
 No 13 8 0.1 0.0 0.9
 Yes 10 50
Male partners know have sex with women* .96
 No 19 26 1.1 0.1 12.8
 Yes 4 25
IHNI
Unaware Aware OR 95% CI P-value
IHNI score
 Mean (SD) 63.8(23.5) 53.2(20.8) 1.02 1.01 1.04 .003
Personal score
 Mean (SD) 28.6(15.4) 23.3(11.6) 1.03 1.01 1.06 .01
Morality score
 Mean (SD) 12.2(6.4) 10.1(5.1) 1.07 1.01 1.13 .02
Gay affirmation score
 Mean (SD) 23.0(8.6) 19.8(8.7) 1.04 1.00 1.08 .03

* Only answered by those who answered that they have had sex with both men and women in the past 6 months, n = 275