Open AccessThe association between congenital syphilis and cocaine/crack use in New York City: a case-control study.
Author(s) -
Morris Greenberg,
Tarundeep Singh,
M Htoo,
Sandra Schultz
Publication year - 1991
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.81.10.1316
Subject(s) - syphilis , odds ratio , congenital syphilis , medicine , confidence interval , odds , association (psychology) , demography , environmental health , pediatrics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , psychology , logistic regression , sociology , psychotherapist
From 1987 to 1989, an epidemic of congenital syphilis was observed in New York City. A case-control study was done to assess the association between various maternal risk factors and congenital syphilis. Independent of the effect of other factors, the odds of being exposed to cocaine were 3.9 times greater among cases than controls (95% confidence interval, 2.8-5.3). This study suggests that the epidemic of congenital syphilis may be related to the increase in cocaine/crack use among delivering mothers.
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