Table 1.
HIV testing history, HIV prevalence and undiagnosed infection among gay men in Scotland: 2005 and 2008 (N=2572)
| Year of survey | p Value | ||||
| 2005 (N=1344) | 2008 (N=1228) | ||||
| n | % | n | % | ||
| HIV testing history | |||||
| Never tested | 518 | 39.2 | 302 | 25.4 | <0.001 |
| Ever tested | 805 | 60.8 | 887 | 74.6 | |
| Recent HIV testing* | |||||
| Never tested or test >1 year ago | 826 | 66.0 | 615 | 51.7 | <0.001 |
| HIV test in past year | 425 | 34.0 | 574 | 48.3 | |
| HIV prevalence (oral fluid specimen result) | |||||
| HIV negative | 1284 | 95.5 | 1171 | 95.4 | 0.8 |
| HIV positive | 60 | 4.4 | 57 | 4.6 | |
| Awareness of HIV-positive status (N=117) | |||||
| Diagnosed HIV positive | 35 | 58.3 | 42 | 73.7 | 0.08 |
| Undiagnosed HIV positive | 25 | 41.7 | 15 | 26.3 | |
*
Recent HIV testing: for the 2005 survey, recent testers includes men reporting testing in the year of or immediately before the survey, that is 2005 or 2004; for the 2008 survey, recent testers includes men who indicated that their last test was ‘in the past 6 months’ or ‘between 6 months and 1 year ago’.