Table 1.
Patient features associated with HIV self-disclosure
| Cancer type, patient feature | Total, No. (%) | Self-report, No. (%) |
P a | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |||
| Overall (all cancers) | 828 | 299 (36.1) | 529 (63.9) | |
| Age, y | .20 | |||
| ≤49 | 380 (45.9) | 130 (43.5) | 250 (47.3) | |
| 50-69 | 420 (50.7) | 162 (54.2) | 258 (48.8) | |
| ≥70 | 28 (3.4) | 7 (2.3) | 21 (4.0) | |
| Race/ethnicity | .17 | |||
| Non-Hispanic White | 526 (63.5) | 203 (67.9) | 323 (61.0) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 173 (20.9) | 59 (19.7) | 114 (21.6) | |
| Hispanic | 101 (12.2) | 30 (10.0) | 71 (13.4) | |
| Other (Asian, mixed race, etc.) | 28 (3.4) | 7 (2.3) | 21 (4.0) | |
| Natal gender | <.001 | |||
| Male | 609 (73.6) | 244 (81.6) | 365 (69.0) | |
| Female | 219 (26.4) | 55 (18.4) | 164 (31.0) | |
| Education | <.001 | |||
| High school/GED or less | 67 (8.1) | 54 (18.1) | 13 (2.5) | |
| Some college or technical/trade school | 36 (4.3) | 28 (9.3) | 8 (1.5) | |
| College or more | 65 (7.9) | 46 (15.4) | 19 (3.6) | |
| Missing | 660 (79.7) | 171 (57.2) | 489 (92.4) | |
| Smoking | <.001 | |||
| Never | 35 (4.2) | 1 (0.3) | 34 (6.4) | |
| Former | 185 (22. 3) | 90 (30.1) | 95 (18.0) | |
| Current | 134 (16.2) | 65 (21.7) | 69 (13.0) | |
| Missing | 474 (57.2) | 143 (47.8) | 331 (62.6) | |
| Heme cancers | 237 (28.6) | 46 (19.4) | 191 (80.6) | |
| Age, y | .25 | |||
| ≤49 | 129 (54.4) | 20 (43.5) | 109 (57.1) | |
| 50-69 | 104 (43.9) | 25 (54.3) | 79 (41.4) | |
| ≥70 | 4 (1.7) | 1 (2.2) | 3 (1.6) | |
| Race/ethnicity | .10 | |||
| Non-Hispanic White | 145 (61.2) | 35 (76.1) | 110 (57.6) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 39 (16.5) | 5 (10.9) | 34 (17.8) | |
| Hispanic | 38 (16.0) | 3 (6.5) | 35 (18.3) | |
| Other (Asian, mixed race, etc.) | 15 (6.3) | 3 (6.5) | 12 (6.3) | |
| Natal gender | .04 | |||
| Male | 175 (73.8) | 39 (84.8) | 136 (71.2) | |
| Female | 62 (26.2) | 7 (15.2) | 55 (28.8) | |
| Education | <.001 | |||
| High school/GED or less | 7 (3.0) | 5 (10.9) | 2 (1.0) | |
| Some college or technical/trade school | 7 (3.0) | 4 (8.7) | 3 (1.6) | |
| College or more | 17 (7.2) | 9 (19.6) | 8 (4.2) | |
| Missing | 206 (86.9) | 28 (60.9) | 178 (93.2) | |
| Smoking | .05 | |||
| Never | 20 (8.4) | 0 (0.0) | 20 (10.5) | |
| Former | 50 (21.1) | 14 (30.4) | 36 (18.8) | |
| Current | 29 (12.2) | 4 (8.7) | 25 (13.1) | |
| Missing | 138 (58.2) | 28 (60.9) | 110 (57.6) | |
| Anal cancer | 129 (15.6) | 86 (66.7) | 43 (33.3) | |
| Age, y | .99 | |||
| ≤49 | 70 (54.2) | 47 (54.7) | 23 (53.5) | |
| 50-69 | 56 (43.4) | 37 (43.0) | 19 (44.2) | |
| ≥70 | 3 (2.3) | 2 (2.3) | 1 (2.3) | |
| Race/ethnicity | .52 | |||
| Non-Hispanic White | 93 (72.1) | 62 (72.1) | 31 (72.1) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 21 (16.3) | 15 (17.4) | 6 (14.0) | |
| Hispanic | 14 (10.9) | 9 (10.5) | 5 (11.6) | |
| Other (Asian, mixed race, etc.) | 1 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.3) | |
| Natal gender | .54 | |||
| Male | 124 (96.1) | 83 (96.5) | 41 (95.3) | |
| Female | 5 (3.9) | 3 (3.5) | 2 (4.7) | |
| Education | <.001 | |||
| High school/GED or less | 12 (9.3) | 12 (14.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Some college or technical/trade school | 10 (7.8) | 10 (11.6) | 0 (0.0) | |
| College or more | 12 (9.3) | 11(12.8) | 1 (0.0) | |
| Missing | 95 (73.6) | 53 (61.6) | 42 (97.7) | |
| Smoking | <.001 | |||
| Never | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Former | 29 (22.5) | 24 (27.9) | 5 (11.6) | |
| Current | 29 (22.5) | 25 (29.1) | 4 (9.3) | |
| Missing | 71 (55.0) | 37 (43.0) | 34 (79.1) | |
| Breast cancer | 35 (4.2) | 14 (40.0) | 21 (60.0) | |
| Age, y | .50 | |||
| ≤49 | 15 (42.9) | 5 (35.7) | 10 (47.6) | |
| 50-69 | 19 (54.3) | 9 (64.3) | 10 (47.6) | |
| ≥70 | 1 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.8) | |
| Race/ethnicity | .01 | |||
| Non-Hispanic White | 15 (42.9) | 2 (14.3) | 13 (61.9) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 19 (54.3) | 12 (85.7) | 7 (33.3) | |
| Hispanic | 1 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.8) | |
| Other (Asian, mixed race, etc.) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (1.0) | |
| Natal gender | .51 | |||
| Male | 2 (5.7) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (9.5) | |
| Female | 33 (94.3) | 14 (100.0) | 19 (90.5) | |
| Education | .16 | |||
| High school/GED or less | 5 (14.3) | 4 (28.6) | 1 (4.8) | |
| Some college or technical/trade school | 2 (5.7) | 1 (7.1) | 1 (4.8) | |
| College or more | 6 (17.1) | 3 (21.4) | 3 (14.2) | |
| Missing | 22 (62.9) | 6 (42.9) | 16 (76.2) | |
| Smoking | .82 | |||
| Never | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (1.0) | |
| Former | 7 (20.0) | 3 (21.4) | 4 (19.0) | |
| Current | 6 (17.1) | 3 (21.4) | 3 (14.2) | |
| Missing | 22 (62.9) | 8 (57.1) | 14 (66.7) | |
a
We compared rates of HIV self-disclosure according to patient characteristics using a 2-sided Pearson χ2 test, with P < .05 differences considered statistically significant. Heme = hematopoietic; GED = tests of General Education Development.