Syndemic effects of HIV risk behaviours: results from the NHANES study

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Syndemic effects of HIV risk behaviours: results from the NHANES study

Igor Grabovac Daragh T. Mcdermott Ai Koyanagi Lin Yang Chao Cao Sinisa Stefanac X. Zong Guillermo F. López-sánchez Sandra Haider Sarah E Jackson Nicola Veronese Lee Smith

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Male Epidemiology Cross-sectional study HIV Infections *NHANES 0302 clinical medicine Syndemic Prevalence risk factors Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Depression (differential diagnoses)education.field_of_study Incidence (epidemiology)Middle Aged Nutrition Surveys 3. Good health Sexual Partners Infectious Diseases risk factor Female 0305 other medical science Risk assessment Adult Adolescent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Substance-Related Disorders Population Sexually Transmitted Diseases Risk Assessment Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Age Distribution Risk-Taking Environmental health Humans Adults NHANES Sex Distribution education *Adults Original Paper 030505 public health Unsafe Sex business.industry *syndemic theory HIV Syndemic United States syndemic theory *HIV Cross-Sectional Studies Logistic Models Socioeconomic Factors Multivariate Analysis *risk factors business

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Abstract The aim of the present study is to use the syndemic framework to investigate the risk of contracting HIV in the US population. Cross-sectional analyses are from The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. We extracted and aggregated data on HIV antibody test, socio-demographic characteristics, alcohol use, drug use, depression, sexual behaviours and sexually transmitted diseases from cycle 2009–2010 to 2015–2016. We carried out weighted regression among young adults (20–39 years) and adults (40–59 years) separately. In total, 5230 men and 5794 women aged 20–59 years were included in the present analyses. In total, 0.8% men and 0.2% women were tested HIV-positive. Each increasing HIV risk behaviour was associated with elevated odds of being tested HIV-positive (1.15, 95% CI 1.15–1.15) among young adults and adults (1.61, 95% CI 1.61–1.61). Multi-faceted, community-based interventions are urgently required to reduce the incidence of HIV in the USA.

year	journal	country	edition	language
2019-08-01	Epidemiology and Infection

https://doi.org/10.1017/s095026881900133x