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

R.A. Hahn, L.S. Magder, S.O. Aral, R.E. Johnson and S.A. Larsen

American Journal of Public Health, 1989, vol. 79, issue 4, 467-470

Abstract: 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.

Date: 1989
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