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Table 4 Gender, age, and HIV diagnosis for study participants in the intervention and control groups.

From: The impact of provider-initiated (opt-out) HIV testing and counseling of patients with sexually transmitted infection in Cape Town, South Africa: a controlled trial

 

Intervention

Control

Proportion tested who were male

42.8% (n = 751)

42.5% (n = 1200)

Proportion offered testing who were male

43.9% (n = 1,012)

43.7% (n = 1490)

Proportion who declined testing who were male

47% (n = 270)

49.6% (n = 290)

Mean age of patients tested for HIV

26 yrs

28 yrs

HIV positive diagnosis for tested patients

18.6% (n = 326)

21.4% (n = 605)