Reasons for going to the GUM clinic by gender and whether of South Asian ethnicity
| Denominator | Males | Females | ||||
| South Asian (%) | Other ethnicities (%) | p Value | South Asian (%) | Other ethnicities (%) | p Value | |
| 131 | 2124 | – | 95 | 2250 | – | |
| ‘Why did you come to the clinic?’* † | ||||||
| ‘I have (or had) symptoms (eg, itching, discharge)’ | 46.3 | 51.0 | 0.332 | 61.3 | 51.6 | 0.160 |
| ‘My partner had (or had) symptoms’ | 44.1 | 46.9 | 0.643 | 9.1 | 11.9 | 0.348 |
| ‘My partner has been diagnosed as having an infection and I needed to come to the clinic’ | 9.0 | 11.3 | 0.466 | 3.9 | 10.3 | 0.121 |
| ‘I was contacted by a clinic/health advisor’ | 4.5 | 1.5 | 0.001 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 0.003 |
| ‘I did not have symptoms but wanted a check-up’ | 31.5 | 35.2 | 0.318 | 31.2 | 38.8 | 0.164 |
| ‘I wanted a HIV test’ | 23.4 | 14.8 | 0.005 | 15.6 | 12.3 | 0.412 |
| ‘GP advised me or told me to go’ | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.574 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 0.364 |
| Hospital referral | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.372 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.281 |
| (Emergency) contraception/pregnancy tests | NA | NA | NA | 2.6 | 2.1 | 0.758 |