title: Race and the prevalence of syphilis seroreactivity in the United States population: a national sero-epidemiologic study.
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.
authors.affiliation: Technical Information Services, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Magder
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Aral
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Larsen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013587:Syphilis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis; D014481:United States; D044465:White People