Table 1 Socio-demographic features of participants according to the Rapid Test.
From: Accuracy of capillary blood sampling for diagnosing syphilis infection
Characteristic | Overall, N = 191 | Rapid Test, N (%) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative, N = 76 | Positive, N = 115 | |||
Sex | 0.5 | |||
Female | 100 (52.4) | 42 (55.3) | 58 (50.4) | |
Male | 91 (47.6) | 34.0 (44.7) | 57 (49.6) | |
Age (years) | 0.2 | |||
18–25 | 39 (20.4) | 16 (21.1) | 23 (20.0) | |
26–33 | 40 (20.9) | 17 (22.4) | 23 (20.0) | |
34–41 | 35 (18.3) | 18 (23.7) | 17 (14.8) | |
42–49 | 24 (12.6) | 11 (14.5) | 13 (11.3) | |
> 49 years | 53 (27.7) | 14 (18.4) | 39 (33.9) | |
Ethnicity | 0.011 | |||
White | 109 (57.4) | 54 (71.1)* | 55 (48.2)* | |
Black | 42 (22.1) | 11 (14.5)* | 31 (27.2)* | |
Indigenous | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.9) | |
Brown | 38 (20.0) | 11 (14.5) | 27 (23.7) | |
Education Level | < 0.001 | |||
Elementary school | 55 (28.8) | 11 (14.5)* | 44 (38.3)* | |
Secondary school | 79 (41.4) | 31 (40.8) | 48 (41.7) | |
Graduate/ Postgraduate | 57 (29.8) | 34 (44.7)* | 23 (20.0)* | |
