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. 2020 Oct 1;6(4):e18000. doi: 10.2196/18000

Table 4.

Comparison of age and other HIV-related indicators by outreach approach.

Characteristics Enhanced peer outreach (n=2509) Routine peer outreach (n=7252) Chi-square test (df) P value
Age categories

33.4 (1) .001

≤20 345 (13.8) 1366 (18.8)


>20 2164 (86.3) 5885 (81.2)


Missinga 0 1 (<1)

Ever previously tested

43.8 (1) .001

No 804 (32.0) 2855 (39.4)


Yes 1695 (67.6) 4352 (60.0)


Missinga 10 (0.4) 45 (0.6)

Number of sex acts in the past week

306.6 (2) .001

Low risk (<7 sex acts ) 529 (21.1) 2400 (33.1)


Medium risk (7-21 sex acts) 1367 (54.5) 2471 (34.1)


High risk (>21 sex acts) 581 (23.1) 2114 (29.2)


Missinga 32 (1.3) 267 (3.7)

Age of sex work debut

341.1 (2) .001

Low risk (≥25 years old) 400 (15.9) 2524 (34.8)


Medium risk (20-24 years old) 1312 (52.3) 2781 (38.4)


High risk (≤19 years old) 762 (30.4) 1684 (23.2)


Missinga 35 (1.4) 263 (3.6)

Condom use at last sex act

293.0 (1) .001

Low risk (yes) 1106 (44.1) 3883 (53.5)


High risk (no) 1387 (55.3) 3101 (42.8)


Missinga 16 (0.6) 268 (3.7)

HIV case-finding rate (n=8851)b

35.3 (1) .001

Positive test result 269 (10.7) 429 (6.8)


Negative test result 2225 (89.2) 5742 (93.1)


Missinga 13 (0.52) 173 (2.7)

Linked to treatment (n=698)c

64.4 (1) .001

No 11 (4.1) 123 (28.7)


Yes 258 (95.9) 306 (71.3)

Treatment initiation (n=698)c

2.6 (1) .11

No 57 (21.2) 114 (26.6)


Yes 212 (78.8) 315 (73.4)

aMissing categories excluded from statistical tests.

bAmong female sex workers who were tested.

cAmong female sex workers who were newly diagnosed with HIV.