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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 18.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2008 Aug 5;149(3):153–160. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00003

Table 1.

Characteristics of Patients Tested for HIV*

Characteristic Reactive Test Result (n = 39) Nonreactive Test Result (n = 810)
Mean age (SD), y 46.0 (13.7) 37.0 (14.2)
Men, n (%) 18 (46.2) 286 (35.6)
Race, n (%)
 White 14 (36.8) 320 (40.9)
 Black 10 (26.3) 155 (19.8)
 Other 14 (36.8) 308 (39.3)
Ethnicity, n (%)
 Hispanic 12 (30.8) 260 (32.1)
 Non-Hispanic 27 (69.2) 550 (67.9)
Primary language, n (%)
 English 29 (74.4) 585 (72.2)
 Spanish 8 (20.5) 172 (21.2)
 Other 2 (5.1) 53 (6.5)
*

1 patient with a reactive test result had missing data for race; among patients with nonreactive test results, 3 did not report age, 7 did not report sex, and 28 did not report race.