Table 3.
HIV testing history among HIV-infected cadavers at KNH Mortuary, Nairobi, 2015 (N=90)
| Ever Diagnosed with HIV | No prior HIV diagnosis | Significance | ||||||||
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| Prior to hospitalization | During hospitalization |
Total | Fischer’s exact test p-value† | |||||||
| Selected characteristics | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | n | |
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| Sex | ||||||||||
| Male | 16.7 | (8.0–31.4) | 21.4 | (11.4–36.6) | 38.1 | (24.6–53.7) | 61.9 | (46.3–75.4) | 42 | |
| Female | 31.3 | (19.6–45.9) | 22.9 | (13.0–37.1) | 54.2 | (39.8–67.8) | 45.8 | (32.2–60.2) | 48 | p=0.144 |
| Total | 24.4 | (16.5–34.6) | 22.2 | (14.7–32.2) | 46.7 | (36.5–57.2) | 53.3 | (42.8–63.5) | 90 | |
| Age | ||||||||||
| 15–44 | 25 | (15.5–37.7) | 28.3 | (18.2–41.2) | 53.3 | (40.5–65.7) | 46.7 | (34.3–59.5) | 60 | |
| 45+ | 23.3 | (11.4–41.9) | 10 | (3.2–27.3) | 33.3 | (48.0–81.3) | 66.7 | (31.0–57.1) | 30 | p=0.079 |
| Total | 24.4 | (16.5–34.6) | 22.2 | (14.7–32.2) | 46.7 | (42.8–63.5) | 53.3 | (48.0–81.3) | 90 | |
| Underlying cause of death* | ||||||||||
| Death due to HIV | 43.2 | (29.1–58.4) | 40.9 | (27.1–56.3) | 84.1 | (69.7–92.4) | 15.9 | (7.6–30.3) | 44 | p=0.001 |
| Death due to any other cause | 21.4 | (6.8–50.4) | 14.3 | (3.4–43.8) | 35.7 | (15.3–63.2) | 64.3 | (36.8–84.7) | 14 | |
| Total | 37.9 | (26.1–51.4) | 34.5 | (23.1–47.9) | 72.4 | (59.2–82.6) | 27.6 | (17.4–40.8) | 58 | |
Notes:
*
cause of death was only available for 58 HIV-positive cadavers with HIV testing history available.
†
test for difference between having prior HIV diagnosis or not and selected characteristic.