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Table 1 Characteristics of Study Participants, Stratified by History of Testing in the Year Prior to Enrollment

From: Hepatitis and tuberculosis testing are much less common than HIV testing among adults in Kisumu, Kenya: results from a cross-sectional assessment

Characteristic

Tested for HIV†

(n = 644)

p

Tested for Hepatitis

(n = 671)

p

Tested for Tuberculosis

(n = 671)

p

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

(n = 127)

(n = 517)

(n = 667)

(n = 4)

(n = 654)

(n = 17)

Age

  ≤ 22 years

48 (22)

174 (78)

0.29

225 (100)

0

0.14

219 (97)

6 (3)

1.00

 23–29 years

52 (17)

251 (83)

313 (99)

4 (1)

309 (97)

8 (3)

  ≥ 30 years

27 (23)

92 (77)

129 (100)

0

126 (98)

3 (2)

Sex

 Male

81 (23)

275 (77)

0.03

360 (99)

3 (1)

0.63

354 (98)

9 (2)

1.00

 Female

46 (16)

242 (84)

307 (100)

1(0)

300 (97)

8 (3)

HIV Status†

 Living with HIV

–

–

–

52 (100)

0

1.00

47 (90)

5 (10)

 

 Without HIV

–

–

 

615 (99)

4 (1)

607 (98)

12 (2)

Education Level

 Less than Secondary School

82 (23)

270 (77)

0.01

374 (100)

0

0.04

365 (98)

9 (2)

0.81

 Secondary School or Higher

45 (15)

247 (85)

293 (99)

4 (1)

289 (97)

8 (3)

Marital Status

 Single/Never Married

95 (19)

399 (81)

0.57

506 (100)

2 (0)

0.23

496 (98)

12 (2)

0.58

 Married/Cohabitating

32 (21)

118 (79)

161 (99)

2 (1)

158 (97)

5 (3)

Alcohol Abuse

 No

112 (19)

482 (81)

0.06

613 (99)

3 (1)

0.29

599 (97)

17 (3)

0.39

 Yes

15 (30)

35 (70)

54 (98)

1 (2)

55 (100)

0

Income

  ≤ 9000 KSh

64 (20)

262 (80)

0.95

339 (99)

3 (1)

0.62

331 (97)

11 (23)

0.38

  > 9000 KSh

63 (20)

255 (80)

 

328 (100)

1 (0)

323 (98)

6 (2)

Occupation

 Sex Worker

24 (17)

121 (83)

0.05

149 (99)

1 (1)

1.00

147 (98)

3 (2)

0.64

 Fisherman

32 (28)

82 (72)

118 (99)

1 (1)

117 (98)

2 (2)

 Bar/Pub/Waitress

8 (13)

53 (87)

64 (100)

0

61 (95)

3 (5)

 Other Employment

62 (19)

261 (81)

335 (99)

2 (1)

328 (97)

9 (3)

 Missing/Unknown*

1 (100)

0

 

1 (100)

0

1 (100)

0

Self-Assessed HIV Risk

 No Risk

11 (19)

48 (81)

0.22

59 (100)

0

0.40

56 (95)

3 (5)

0.002

 Some Risk

65 (18)

304 (82)

368 (100)

1 (0)

361 (98)

8 (2)

 High Risk

49 (24)

159 (76)

205 (99)

3 (1)

206 (99)

2 (1)

 Known to be living with HIV†

0

0

 

27 (100)

0

23 (85)

4 (15)

 Missing/Unknown*

2 (25)

6 (75)

 

8 (100)

0

8 (100)

0

  1. * Participants with “missing/unknown” data were excluded from analyses of the missing variable
  2. †Twenty-seven participants were excluded from analyses of prior HIV testing because they were known to be living with HIV prior to enrollment in RV393 and repeated HIV testing is not indicated once the diagnosis has been established. For this reason, HIV status was not compared between groups with and without recent HIV testing
  3. Prior testing was dichotomized based on whether or not it had been conducted within the year prior to enrollment. All data are presented as n (row %). Comparisons were made between groups using Pearson’s Chi-square test or, in cases with small cell sizes, Fisher’s exact test. Statistically significant p-values (p ≤ 0.05) are in bold
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