Table 2.

Characteristics of persons with available and missing HIV status

Characteristic	HIV result available (n = 2190) n (%)	HIV result missing (n = 437) n (%)	P value*
Male sex	1491 (68.1)	245 (56.0)	<0.001
Black, non-Hispanic race	954 (43.6)	157 (35.9)	0.004
Age at report date, years, median [IQR]	44 [30–58]	56 [29–75]	<0.001
Us-born	1606 (73.3)	380 (87.0)	<0.001
Homeless	219 (10)	16 (3.7)	<0.001
IDU	45 (2.0)	1 (0.2)	0.005
Non IDU	293 (13.4)	6 (1.4)	<0.001
Alcohol use	477 (21.8)	43 (9.8)	<0.001

^*Fisher’s exact and Wilcoxon’s rank sum tests were used to compare categorical and continuous variables, respectively.

HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; IQR = interquartile range; IDU = injection drug use.