Race and the prevalence of syphilis seroreactivity in the United States population: a national sero-epidemiologic study. | Zendy

Robert A. Hahn | Zendy; Laurence S. Magder | Zendy; S O Aral | Zendy; Robert E. Johnson | Zendy; Sandra A. Larsen | Zendy

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Race and the prevalence of syphilis seroreactivity in the United States population: a national sero-epidemiologic study.

Author(s) -

Robert A. Hahn,

Laurence S. Magder,

S O Aral,

Robert E. Johnson,

Sandra A. Larsen

Publication year - 1989

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.79.4.467

Subject(s) - syphilis , medicine , marital status , demography , national health and nutrition examination survey , population , residence , odds ratio , syphilis serodiagnosis , odds , immunology , environmental health , logistic regression , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sociology

We used the 1978 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to examine the prevalence of positive syphilis serologies in the US population. Analysis of risk markers--gender, age, marital status, education, income, and residence--indicates that all except gender are associated with syphilis seroreactivity, independent of race. Controlling for associated risk markers, the Black-White odds ratio of syphilis seroreactivity is 4.7 (95% CI = 2.7, 8.2). Current knowledge of racial differences in sexual and health care behavior does not explain the Black-White difference in the prevalence of syphilis seroreactivity.

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