Song, RuiguangHall, H IreneHarrison, Kathleen McDavidSharpe, Tanya TelfairLin, Lillian SDean, Hazel DArea-based measures of socioeconomic variables can be used to identify risk factors associated with a disease of interest. When correlation analysis is used to identify risk factors, potential confounding from other variables must be taken into account.HIV/AidsResearchIdentifying the impact of social determinants of health on disease rates using correlation analysis of area-based summary information.Article