Table 3.
Percentage of US Pregnant Women and Sexually Active, Nonpregnant US Women Who Were Seropositive for Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1) and 2 (HSV-2) and Who Were Seronegative for Both HSV-1 and HSV-2 by Demographic and Behavioral Factors: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007–2014
| Nonpregnant | Pregnant | HSV-1 Seropositive | HSV-2 Seropositive | HSV-1 and HSV-2 Seronegative | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpregnant | Pregnant | Nonpregnant | Pregnant | Nonpregnant | Pregnant | |||||||||
| Characteristic | No.a | (%b) | No.a | (%b) | P Valuec | %b | %b | P Valuec | %b | %b | P Valuec | %b | %b | P Valuec |
| Total | 2730 | … | 216 | … | 55.4 | 55.7 | .95 | 17.9 | 20.3 | .53 | 37.3 | 33.2 | .32 | |
| Age, y | .05 | |||||||||||||
| 20–29 | 1313 | (50.1) | 135 | (58.7) | 47.8 | 52.9 | .42 | 12.1 | 16.3 | .23 | 46.6 | 36.5 | .09 | |
| 30–39 | 1417 | (49.9) | 81 | (41.3) | 63.1 | 59.7 | .58 | 23.7 | 25.9 | .74 | 28.1 | 28.4 | .96 | |
| Race/ethnicity | .06 | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 1141 | (72.6) | 67 | (63.2) | 47.8 | 46.2 | .82 | 13.1 | 18.1d | .41 | 46.0 | 41.4 | .51 | |
| Non-Hispanic black | 549 | (15.1) | 52 | (20.4) | 61.3 | 66.5 | .49 | 47.3 | 41.6 | .46 | 21.0 | 13.6d | .13 | |
| Mexican American | 449 | (12.3) | 46 | (16.3) | 80.5 | 85.6 | .33 | 11.5 | 11.5d | 1.00 | 16.8 | 9.6d | .15 | |
| Educational level | .20 | |||||||||||||
| High school or less | 1017 | (31.1) | 99 | (35.9) | 70.3 | 68.6 | .82 | 25.3 | 22.5 | .65 | 22.6 | 16.6d | .35 | |
| More than high school | 1713 | (68.9) | 117 | (64.1) | 48.7 | 48.5 | .96 | 14.5 | 19.0 | .33 | 44.0 | 42.4 | .78 | |
| Marital status | <.001 | |||||||||||||
| Married | 1112 | (44.1) | 113 | (63.4) | 57.1 | 51.0 | .28 | 13.0 | 15.9 | .52 | 37.9 | 40.8 | .61 | |
| Other | 1618 | (55.9) | 102 | (36.6) | 54.1 | 63.6 | .12 | 21.7 | 28.0 | .18 | 36.9 | 20.2 | <.01 | |
| Poverty index | .94 | |||||||||||||
| Below poverty level | 742 | (22.1) | 61 | (22.3) | 63.3 | 73.2 | .19 | 24.8 | 19.5 | .33 | 28.6 | 14.4d | .03 | |
| At or above poverty level | 1827 | (77.9) | 132 | (77.7) | 52.2 | 49.7 | .65 | 15.7 | 19.0 | .45 | 40.8 | 40.0 | .89 | |
| Age at first sex, y | .68 | |||||||||||||
| ≤15 | 854 | (29.6) | 57 | (27.8) | 58.9 | 60.8 | .81 | 27.3 | 25.3 | .78 | 29.9 | 21.2d | .24 | |
| ≥16 | 1873 | (70.4) | 132 | (72.2) | 54.0 | 53.1 | .86 | 14.0 | 17.6 | .39 | 40.5 | 39.4 | .84 | |
| Lifetime sex partners, No. | .10 | |||||||||||||
| ≤3 | 1032 | (35.5) | 78 | (42.7) | 52.1 | 46.6 | .38 | 8.3 | 6.8d | .61 | 44.6 | 51.4 | .30 | |
| ≥4 | 1666 | (64.5) | 110 | (57.3) | 57.2 | 61.2 | .50 | 23.1 | 29.7 | .22 | 33.4 | 22.1 | .04 | |
Abbreviations: HSV-1, herpes simplex virus type 1; HSV-2, herpes simplex virus type 2.
a
Unweighted No.
b
Weighted percentage.
c
P values for χ2 test (<.05 was considered significant).
d
Relative standard error >30%.