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Table 4 Paired t-tests of proportion of positive HIV test results among MSM (unadjusted and adjusted) in Ottawa between years, 2008-2011

From: Nondisclosure prosecutions and population health outcomes: examining HIV testing, HIV diagnoses, and the attitudes of men who have sex with men following nondisclosure prosecution media releases in Ottawa, Canada

 

Unadjusted MSM tests

Adjusteda MSM tests

Annual comparisons

Positive tests

Negative tests

% positivity

p-value

Positive tests

Negative tests

% positivity

p-value

May-Aug ′08

10

540

1.8%

 

17

892

1.9%

 
   

0.11

   

0.86

May-Aug ′09

4

587

0.7%

 

17

946

1.8%

 
   

0.057

   

0.23

May-Aug ′10

14

706

1.9%

 

28

1059

2.6%

 
   

0.30

   

0.14

May-Aug ′11

9

727

1.2%

 

19

1145

1.6%

 
  1. Source: Public Health Laboratory. Public Health Ontario. Extracted April 23, 2012.
  2. aAdjusted for unknown region, unknown sex and unknown exposure category using LEP.
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