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. 2014 Sep 30;9(9):e105428. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105428

Table 2. Uptake and results of HIV counseling and testing among 12,078 individuals visiting a primary care clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Overall Male Female
N* %* N* %* N* %*
HIV status at start of first visit
Known positive 4972 41.2 1481 40.2 3491 41.6
Known negative (test ≤3 m) 304 2.5 51 1.4 253 3.0
Unknown 6603 54.7 2103 57.0 4500 53.6
Prior tested (>3 m) 779 11.8 134 6.4 645 14.3
Not tested previously 5824 88.2 1969 93.6 3855 85.7
Clinic file not found 199 1.7 52 1.4 147 1.8
Outcome of HCT (among those with unknown HIV status)
Not tested 1663 25.2 592 28.2 1071 23.8
Tested 4940 74.8 1511 71.9 3429 76.2
 All tested
  HIV positive 1042 21.1 354 23.4 688 20.1
  HIV negative 3898 78.9 1157 76.6 2741 79.9
 Prior test (>3 m) negative
  Tested 403 51.7 58 43.3 345 53.5
  HIV positive 1 0.2 0 0.0 1 0.3
  HIV negative 402 99.8 58 100.0 344 99.7
 Not tested previously
  Tested 4537 77.9 1453 73.8 3084 80.0
  HIV positive 1041 22.9 354 24.4 687 22.3
  HIV negative 3496 77.1 1099 75.6 2397 77.7
 Initial CD4 count if newly diagnosed with HIV
  Median (IQR) cells/µl 268 136–412 221 94–352 295 169–427
  <50 cells/µl 87 8.3 46 13.0 41 6.0
  50–199 cells/µl 262 25.1 109 30.8 153 22.2
  200–350 cells/µl 283 27.2 92 26.0 191 27.8
  >350 cells/µl 330 31.7 86 24.3 244 35.4
  Missing 80 7.7 21 5.9 59 8.6
HIV status at end of clinic visit
Known 10216 84.6 3043 82.5 7173 85.5
 Known positive 6014 58.9 1835 60.3 4179 58.3
 Known negative 4202 41.1 1208 39.7 2994 41.7
Unknown 1862 15.4 644 17.5 1218 14.5

* N and % unless indicated otherwise the estimated proportion.