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. 2011 Jul 11;11:549. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-549

Table 1.

*Adjusted Prevalence Trends for HIV and Syphilis in Selected States of India.

Years 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 P value
Syphilis: Female Sex Workers (%)
Andhra Pradesh - - - 8.0 5.4 2.9 3.9 - 0.1
Karnataka - - - 17.6 4.4 4.2 0 - < 0.001
Maharashtra - 39.5 21.1 23.4 13.1 4.5 7.7 - 0.03
Tamil Nadu - - - 2.8 2.5 2.4 1.9 - 0.7
HIV: Female Sex Workers (%)
Andhra Pradesh - - - 17.0 13.0 7.3 9.7 - 0.05
Karnataka - - - 21.6 18.4 8.6 5.3 - < 0.001
Maharashtra 52.3 54.5 54.3 41.7 23.6 19.6 17.9 - 0.001
Tamil Nadu - - - 4.0 5.5 4.6 4.7 - 0.4
Syphilis: Antenatal Women** (%)
Andhra Pradesh - 0.8 2.3 1.9 1.6 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.3
Karnataka - 0.3 1.7 1.2 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.2
Maharashtra - 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 < 0.001
Tamil Nadu - 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.2 < 0.001
HIV: Antenatal Women** (%)
Andhra Pradesh 1.9 1.7 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.0 1.2 0.05
Karnataka 1.5 1.7 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.01
Maharashtra 1.7 1.6 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.5 < 0.001
Tamil Nadu 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.01

*Estimated by generalized linear model with logit link and binomial distribution after adjusting for age, education, and place of residence (rural or urban). Robust standard errors were calculated after considering clustering effects. ** Age: 15-24 yea