Table 7 Characteristics of false positives compared with true positives
Variable | False positives | True positives | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | |||
Age | Average | 29 years | 32 years | p = 0.041* |
Sex | Male | 16 (100) | 111 (54.7) | p = 0.000* |
Female | 0 | 92 (45.3) | ||
Site | Humera | 4 (25.0) | 134 (66.0) | p = 0.002* |
Abdurafi | 12 (75.0) | 113 (34.0) | ||
Residence status | Migrant | 6 (37.5) | 60 (29.6) | p = 0.339 |
Settler | 0 | 18 (8.8) | ||
Resident | 10 (62.5) | 89 (43.8) | ||
Commercial sex worker | 0 | 23 (11.3) | ||
Other | 0 | 13 (6.4) | ||
Date of visit** | Mean days | 122 | 176 | p = 0.025* |
CD4 | Median | 491[107–992] | 271 [8–1051] | p = 0.010* |
[range] | ||||
Visceral Leishmaniasis | Positive | 2 (12.5) | 3 (1.5) | p = 0.044* |
Negative | 14 (87.5) | 200 (98.5) |