Regarding the paper ‘The prevalence and correlates of undiagnosed HIV among Australian gay and bisexual men: results of a national, community-based, bio-behavioural survey’ by Martin Holt, Toby Lea, Jason Asselin, Margaret Hellard, Garrett Prestage, David Wilson, John De Wit, Mark Stoové.
Published in Journal of the International AIDS Society, Citation: Holt M et al. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2015, 18:20526. http://www.jiasociety.org/index.php/jias/article/view/20526 ∣ http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/IAS.18.1.20526
In Table 2, the number of participants listed for Melbourne is n=933. The correct number is n=993.
Table 2.
Prevalence estimates of HIV and undiagnosed infection by recruitment arm and location
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| Recruitment arm or location (number of participants) | HIV-positive participants (confirmed by testing) | As proportion of HIV-positive participants (confirmed by testing) | As proportion of HIV-negative and unknown status participants (self-reported) | |||
| n (%) | 95% CI | n (%) | 95% CI | n (%) | 95% CI | |
| Anonymous1 (n=842) | 155 (18.4) | 15.9–21.2 | 7 (4.5) | 2.2–9.0 | 7 (1.0) | 0.5–2.1 |
| Confidential2 (n=2229) | 58 (2.6) | 2.0–3.3 | 12 (20.7) | 12.3–32.8 | 12 (0.5) | 0.3–1.0 |
| Adelaide (n=369) | 20 (5.4) | 3.5–8.2 | 1 (5.0) | 0.9–23.6 | 1 (0.3) | 0.1–1.6 |
| Brisbane (n=373) | 33 (8.8) | 6.4–12.2 | 2 (6.1) | 1.7–19.6 | 2 (0.6) | 0.2–2.1 |
| Canberra (n=86) | 4 (4.7) | 1.8–11.4 | 0 (0.0) | 0.0–49.0 | 0 (0.0) | 0.0–4.5 |
| Melbourne (n=993) | 70 (7.0) | 5.6–8.8 | 5 (7.1) | 3.1–15.7 | 5 (0.5) | 0.2–1.3 |
| Perth (n=306) | 21 (6.9) | 4.5–10.3 | 4 (19.0) | 7.7–40.0 | 4 (1.4) | 0.5–3.5 |
| Sydney (n=944) | 65 (6.9) | 5.4–8.7 | 7 (10.8) | 5.3–20.6 | 7 (0.8) | 0.4–1.6 |
| Gay bar or sex-on-premises venue (n=1135) | 83 (7.3) | 5.9–9.0 | 7 (8.4) | 4.1–16.4 | 7 (0.7) | 0.3–1.4 |
| Gay festival event (n=1936) | 130 (6.7) | 5.7–7.9 | 12 (9.2) | 5.4–15.4 | 12 (0.7) | 0.4–1.2 |
| Total (n=3071) | 213 (6.9) | 6.0–7.8 | 19 (8.9) | 5.8–13.5 | 19 (0.7) | 0.4–1.0 |
CI, confidence interval
no test results given to participants
test results provided.
The correct table is displayed below.