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Table 1 Characteristics of Patients tested for HIV

From: Another look at Emergency Department HIV screening in practice: no need to revise expectations

Characteristic

Reactive test (n = 13)

n(%)

Non reactive test (n = 1547)

n(%)

Mean age (SD), yrs

34 (8)

35 (12.6)

Men, n (%)*

11 (84)

681 (44)

Race n(%)

  

   White

2 (15)

554 (36)

   Black**

10 (77)

826 (53)

   Other

1 (8)

167 (11)

Ethnicity

  

   Hispanic

1 (7)

64 (4)

   Non-Hispanic

12 (93)

1483 (96)

  1. *p < 0.05
  2. **p < 0.10