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. 1989 Apr;79(4):467–470. doi: 10.2105/ajph.79.4.467

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

R A Hahn 1, L S Magder 1, S O Aral 1, R E Johnson 1, S A Larsen 1
PMCID: PMC1349978  PMID: 2929806

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.

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