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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2020 Mar 16;145(4):e20192265. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-2265

Table 1:

Patient and healthcare characteristics of STI episodes by HIV test completion, 2014–2017

All
(n=1,816)
n(%)
Completed HIV test
(n=1,001)
n(%)
No HIV test
(n=815)
n(%)
p-value
Age – Mean (SD) 17.2 (1.7) 17.1 (1.6) 17.3 (1.7) 0.04
Sex
 Female 1,356 (74.7%) 703 (51.8%) 653 (48.7%) <0.001
 Male 460 (25.3%) 298 (64.8%) 162 (35.2%)
Race
 African-American 1,766 (97.2%) 979 (55.1%) 787 (44.6%) 0.11
 Other 50 (2.8%) 22 (44.0%) 28 (56.0%)
Hispanic 25 (1.4%) 5 (20.0%) 20 (80.0%) <0.001
Insurance
 Government 1,101 (60.6%) 620 (56.3%) 481 (43.7%) 0.06
 Private 422 (23.2%) 238 (56.4%) 184 (43.6%)
 None 293 (16.1%) 143 (48.8%) 150 (51.2%)
STI1 diagnosis
 Chlamydia 1,533 (84.4%) 857 (55.9%) 676 (44.1%) 0.28
 Gonorrhea 307 (16.9%) 178 (58.0%) 129 (42.0%) 0.30
 Trichomoniasis 134 (7.4%) 57 (42.5%) 77 (57.5%) 0.08
 Syphilis 8 (0.4%) 8 (100.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0.91
Multi-pathogen STI 162 (8.9%) 99 (61.1%) 63 (38.9%) 0.11
STI History
 No prior STIs 1,239 (68.2%) 735 (59.3%) 504 (40.7%) <0.001
 Prior STIs 577 (31.8%) 266 (46.1%) 311 (53.9%)
Mean STI number 1.5 (0.86) 1.4 (0.80) 1.6 (0.93) <0.001
AM3 Trained
 Yes 1,022 (56.3%) 544 (53.2%) 478 (46.8%) 0.07
 No 794 (43.7%) 457 (57.6%) 337 (42.4%)
Family Planning visit
 Yes 1,489 (82.0%) 770 (51.7%) 719 (48.3%) <0.001
 No 327 (18.0%) 231 (70.6%) 96 (29.4%)
Visit Site4
 Site #1 747 (41.3%) 350 (46.9%) 397 (53.1%) <0.001
 Site #2 1,060 (58.7%) 636 (60.0%) 424 (40.0%)

Statistical Significance: p=0.05

1

Sexually transmitted infection

2

Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner

3

Adolescent Medicine

4

Denominator is 1,807 due to missing data

All analysis was done in episode level using t-test and X2 test and presented by frequency (%) or mean (standard deviation).