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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 Aug 15;57(5):e106–e111. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31821d3694

TABLE 1.

Correlation between syphilis test variables and HIV test variables among those who completed the long Plum Blossom survey (n = 1790)

Variable Syphilis test variable (%) HIV test variable (%) Correlation coefficient* p-value
Patient not tested in the past 1280 (71.4) 1316 (73.4) 0.719 <0.001
Doctor test offer 1758 (98.1) 1749 (97.6) 0.637 <0.001
Patient willing to be tested 1705 (95.1) 1697 (94.7) 0.939 <0.001
Patient accepted testing 1702 (95.0) 1693 (94.5) 0.815 <0.001
Test performed 1699 (94.8) 1691 (94.4) 0.957 <0.001
Patient returned for test results 1681 (93.8) 1673 (93.4) 0.887 <0.001
*

Kendall rank correlation coefficient comparing responses to respective syphilis and HIV items.