Circumcision as a risk factor for urethritis in racial groups
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11032644 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geoffrey L Smith (0000-0002-3730-9955), R Greenup, Rachel A Greenup, Ernest T Takafuji |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 452-454 |
| Publication date | 1987-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.77.4.452 |
| PMID | 3826463 |
| OpenAlex | W1995495972 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 12 |
A retrospective population-based case-control study of sexually transmitted urethritis was conducted at a large military base over a 21-month period. During the study, 9,514 patients were seen for sexually transmitted disease. The analysis was restricted to active duty males and showed that Blacks had 14.8 times the incidence rate of gonococcal urethritis (GCU) and 4.7 times the rate of nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) compared to Whites. There were slightly fewer cases of NGU than GCU. A case-control study of active duty soldiers showed that both Black and White circumcised subjects were 1.65 times as likely to have NGU as uncircumcised subjects (95% CI: 1.37-2.00). However, circumcision was not associated with an increased incidence of GCU
Active duty · Environmental health · Gynecology · Incidence (geometry) · Military personnel · Non-gonococcal urethritis · Population · Sexually active · Urethritis · Cervical Cancer and HPV Research · Demography · Genital Health and Disease · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Urological Disorders and Treatments
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2014 (21) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |