The demographic and socioeconomic correlates of behavior and HIV infection status across sub-Saharan Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Predisposition to become HIV positive (HIV + ) is influenced by a wide range of correlated economic, environmental, demographic, social, and behavioral factors. While evidence among a candidate handful have strong evidence, there is lack of a consensus among the vast array of variables measured in large surveys.

Methods

We performed a comprehensive data-driven search for correlates of HIV positivity in >600,000 participants of the Demographic and Health Survey across 29 sub-Saharan African countries from 2003 to 2017. We associated a total of 7251 and of 6,288 unique variables with HIV positivity in females and males respectively in each of the 50 surveys. We performed a meta-analysis within countries to attain 29 country-specific associations.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Patel CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9388647 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature