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Table 2 Participants: proportion tested HIV positive and demographic information

From: A comparison of linkage to HIV care after provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) versus voluntary HIV counselling and testing (VCT) for patients with sexually transmitted infections in Cape Town, South Africa

Study participants

Intervention % (n)

Control % (n)

P value

1. STI patients tested for HIV

56.4 (1752)

42.6 (2821)

0.037*

2. Tested HIV-positive (as % of all tested)

18.6 (326)

21.4 (604)

0.147

3. Median age, years (range)

28 (14–54)

26 (3–70)

0.162

4. Gender: women

62.9 (205)

66.7 (403)

0.423

  1. *Significant difference at p < .05. Pearson chi2,.