Social determinants of syphilis in South China: the effect of sibling position on syphilis and sexual risk behaviours.

ABSTRACT: This study evaluated the relationship between sibling position and sexual risk based on behavioural and syphilis infection data from sexually transmitted infection (STI) patients in South China. A cross-sectional study examining sexual behaviours and syphilis infection. 4 STI clinics in the Pearl River Delta of South China. 1792 Chinese men and women attending STI clinics. STI history, syphilis infection defined as positive non-treponemal and treponemal tests. Among all clinic patients, 824 (46.3%) were first-born, 354 (19.9%) were middle-born and 602 (33.8%) were final-born. Middle-born individuals had a higher percentage of reported STI history (44.7% compared to 34.7%, p<0.001) and syphilis infection (9.7% compared to 4.9%, p=0.01) among men (n=1163) compared to other sibling positions

SUBMITTER: Tucker JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3657676 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature