The Prevalence of HIV by Ethnic Group Is Correlated with HSV-2 and Syphilis Prevalence in Kenya, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Table 3

Spearman’s correlation coefficient (rho) for the relationship between HIV prevalence and various risk factors and other STIs by racial/ethnic group in Kenya, South Africa, the United Kingdom (UK), and the United States of America (USA).

	Kenya		South Africa		UK		USA
	Spearman’s coefficient		Spearman’s coefficient		Spearman’s coefficient		Spearman’s coefficient
HSV-2 (early)							1.0	0.000
HSV-2 (late)	0.50	0.207	1.0	0.000			0.50	0.667
Syphilis	0.33	0.420	1.0	0.000			1.0	0.000
STI symptoms	0.92	0.001	1.0	0.000	0.87	0.058	1.0	0.000
Concurrency	0.786	0.036	1.0	0.000	0.87	0.058	1.0	0.000
Multiple partners	0.821	0.023	1.0	0.000	0.87	0.058	1.0	0.000
Circumcision	−0.05	0.215	0.5	0.667			−0.50	0.667