Table 1.
Comparison of opt-in and opt-out patients.
| Characteristic | Accepted opt-in screening (n = 4, 061), n (%) |
Accepted opt-out screening (n = 6, 273), n (%) |
P valuea | Surveyed opt-in screening (n = 207), n (%) |
Surveyed opt-out screening (n = 188), n (%) |
P valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 2,103 (52) | 3,319 (53) | 0.264 | 102 (49) | 119 (63) | 0.005 |
| Female | 1,958 (48) | 2,954 (47) | 105 (51) | 69 (37) | ||
| Age (years), mean SD | 38 ± 13 | 38 ± 13 | >0.999b | 37 ± 13 | 39 ± 13 | 0.128b |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Black | 1,625 (40) | 2,862 (46) | <0.001 | 77 (37) | 88 (47) | 0.883 |
| White | 563 (14) | 859 (14) | 28 (14) | 29 (15) | ||
| Hispanic | 1,262 (31) | 1,826 (29) | 77 (37) | 53 (28) | ||
| Other | 611 (15) | 726 (12) | 25 (12) | 18 (10) | ||
| Education level | ||||||
| Some high school | na | na | 63 (30) | 49 (26) | 0.747 | |
| High school graduate | na | na | 67 (32) | 67 (36) | ||
| Some college | na | na | 52 (25) | 53 (28) | ||
| College degree | na | na | 18 (9) | 15 (8) | ||
| Unknown | na | na | 7 (3) | 4 (2) | ||
| Health insurance | ||||||
| No insurance | na | na | 141 (68) | 145 (77) | 0.076 | |
| Public insurance | na | na | 45 (22) | 35 (19) | ||
| Private insurance | na | na | 9 (4) | 2 (1) | ||
| Unknown | na | na | 12 (6) | 6 (3) | ||
| Relationship status | ||||||
| Single | na | na | 97 (47) | 119 (63) | 0.009 | |
| Married/partnered | na | na | 63 (30) | 37 (20) | ||
| Divorced/separated | na | na | 46 (22) | 32 (17) | ||
| Unknown | na | na | 1 (0.5) | 0 | ||
| Reported risk past 12 months | ||||||
| Heterosexual sex | na | na | 142 (69) | 126 (67) | 0.532 | |
| MSM only | na | na | 5 (2) | 7 (4) | ||
| IDU only | na | na | 2 (1) | 6 (3) | ||
| MSM + IDU | na | na | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.5) | ||
| None | na | na | 57 (28) | 48 (26) | ||
| Previous HIV test | ||||||
| Yes | na | na | 120 (58) | 113 (60) | 0.667 | |
| No | na | na | 87 (42) | 75 (40) |
aPearson Chi-square.
b t-test.
Abbreviations: na: not available; MSM: men sex with men; IDU: injection drug use.