Table 3.
HIV seropositivity among decliners by age, race, gender, and main reasons for declining (n = 600).
| Characteristic | HIV negative n = 588 |
HIV positive n = 12 | P-value* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | |||
| <35 years old | 253 (98.4) | 4 (1.6) | .57 |
| ≥35 years old | 335 (97.7) | 8 (2.3) | |
| Race | |||
| White | 244 (99.6) | 1 (0.4) | .03 |
| Non-white | 344 (96.9) | 11 (3.1) | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 211 (98.1) | 4 (1.9) | 1.00 |
| Female | 377 (97.9) | 8 (2.1) | |
| Felt was not at risk for HIV | |||
| Yes | 297 (97.4) | 8 (2.6) | .38 |
| No | 291 (98.6) | 4 (1.4) | |
| Recently tested | |||
| Yes | 505 (98.1) | 10 (1.9) | .68 |
| No | 83 (97.7) | 2 (2.3) | |
| Would rather test somewhere else | |||
| Yes | 296 (97.4) | 8 (2.6) | .31 |
| No | 292 (98.6) | 4 (1.4) |
*Fisher's exact test due to cell sizes <5.