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Table 3 Characteristics of patients who availed of HIV Testing and Counselling (HTC) services, stratified by their HIV test result (N = 93)

From: Non-uptake of HIV testing among trans men and trans women: cross-sectional study of client records from 2017 to 2019 in a community-based transgender health center in Metro Manila, Philippines

Characteristicsa

Total (n = 93)

Non-Reactive (n = 85)

Reactive (n = 8)

Age, years [mean (SD)]

25.6 (5.7)

25.4 (5.6)

27.5 (6.9)

Age category

 15 – 24 years old

45

42 (93.3%)

3 (6.7%)

 25 – 34 years old

42

38 (90.5%)

4 (9.5%)

 > 35 years old

6

5 (83.3.9%)

1 (16.7%)

Gender identity

 Trans man

27

26 (96.3%)

1 (3.7%)

 Trans woman

66

59 (89.4%)

7 (10.6%)

Year of initial consult

 2017

9

9 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 2018

31

28 (90.3%)

3 (9.7%)

 2019

53

48 (90.6%)

5 (9.4%)

Total visits

 1 visit

56

50 (89.3%)

6 (10.7%)

 2–3 visits

29

27 (93.1%)

2 (6.7%)

 4 visits & above

8

8 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Recreational drug

 Ever user

11

11 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 Never user

82

74 (90.2%)

8 (9.8%)

Smoking status

 Ever smoker

31

31 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 Never smoker

58

50 (86.2.8%)

8 (13.8%)

 Missing data

4

4 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Drinking status

 Ever drinker

72

66 (91.7%)

6 (8.3%)

 Never drinker

17

15 (88.2.6%)

2 (11.8%)

 Missing data

4

4 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)

  1. aDistributions of variables are reported as n (%) unless specified otherwise