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. 2012 Mar 28;12:72. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-72

Table 2.

Summary of indicators for HIV Testing at first presentation

All
n = 165
1995-2000
n = 48
2004-2009
n = 117
P value
Summary
 Median no. clinical indicators 1 (0-2) 1 (1-2) 1 (0-1) 0.002
 Median number of all non-clinical indicators 2 (1-2) 1 (1-2) 2 (1-3) < 0.001
 Median number of all clinical & non-clinical indicators 3 (2-4) 3 (2-4) 3 (2-4) 0.697
Services indicator (any) 102 (62%) 19 (40%) 83 (71%) < 0.001
 Ante-natal/ToP 14 (9%) 4 (8%) 10 (9%) 0.964
 GUM 61 (37%) 8 (17%) 53 (45%) 0.001
 TB, Hep B/C, lymphoma 27 (16%) 8 (17%) 19 (16%) 0.964
 Occupational health or screening* 11 (7%) 3 (6%) 8 (7%) 0.891
Transmission risk indicator (any) 132 (80%) 33 (69%) 99 (85%) 0.021
 Country of origin high prevalence (> 1%) 53 (32%) 10 (21%) 43 (37%) 0.047
 Men with disclosed sexual contact with men (MSM) 46 (28%) 14 (29%) 32 (27%) 0.813
 IVDU 8 (5%) 2 (4%) 6 (5%) 0.794
 Sexual contact abroad 42 (26%) 10 (21%) 32 (28%) 0.383
 Partner HIV+ 24 (15%) 6 (13%) 18 (15%) 0.633
 Blood donors, dialysis patients or organ donors/recipients 6 (4%) 4 (8%) 2 (2%) 0.039
Non-clinical indicator (any transmission risk or service indicator) 147 (89%) 37 (77%) 110 (94%) 0.002
Clinical Indicator diseases (any) 119 (72%) 42 (88%) 74 (63%) 0.005

Indicators as recommended by national guidelines for HIV testing, except *.