HIV status, sexual behaviour and willingness to take part in a research study on circumcision and HIV prevention: comparing circumcised and uncircumcised men
| Circumcision status | |||||||
| Uncircumcised (N=1172) | Circumcised (N=233) | Total (N=1405) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) among circumcised men* | ||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| HIV and other STI | |||||||
| HIV status (oral fluid specimen)† | |||||||
| HIV negative | 951 | 95.4 | 184 | 95.8 | 1135 | 95.5 | 1 |
| HIV positive | 46 | 4.6 | 8 | 4.2 | 54 | 4.5 | 0.78 (0.35 to 1.73) |
| Self-reported STI in past 12 months | |||||||
| No | 1052 | 90.8 | 211 | 91.7 | 1263 | 91.0 | 1 |
| Yes | 106 | 9.2 | 19 | 8.3 | 125 | 9.0 | 0.95 (0.56 to 1.61) |
| Sexual behaviour | |||||||
| Any UAI partners in past 12 months | |||||||
| No | 700 | 60.8 | 130 | 56.3 | 830 | 60.1 | 1 |
| Yes | 451 | 39.2 | 101 | 43.7 | 552 | 39.9 | 1.25 (0.93 to 1.69) |
| UAI with more than one partner in past 12 months | |||||||
| 0/1 partner | 1006 | 87.4 | 202 | 87.4 | 1208 | 87.4 | 1 |
| 2 or more partners | 145 | 12.6 | 29 | 12.6 | 174 | 12.6 | 1.07 (0.68 to 1.66) |
| UAI with partners of unknown or discordant HIV status in past 12 months | |||||||
| No | 861 | 74.8 | 174 | 75.3 | 1035 | 74.9 | 1 |
| Yes | 290 | 25.2 | 57 | 24.7 | 347 | 25.1 | 1.06 (0.75 to 1.49) |
| Sexual position during UAI in past 12 months‡ | |||||||
| Always insertive | 91 | 20.5 | 31 | 31.0 | 122 | 22.4 | 1.67 (1.01 to 2.76)§ |
| Mostly insertive | 38 | 8.6 | 11 | 11.0 | 49 | 9.0 | 1 |
| Equally both | 203 | 45.7 | 36 | 36.0 | 239 | 43.9 | |
| Mostly receptive | 73 | 16.4 | 19 | 19.0 | 92 | 16.9 | |
| Always receptive | 39 | 8.8 | 3 | 3.0 | 42 | 7.7 | |
| Research on circumcision | |||||||
| Willingness to take part in a research study on circumcision and HIV prevention¶ | |||||||
| No | 758 | 68.8 | 94 | 50.0 | 852 | 66.0 | 1 |
| Don't know | 220 | 20.0 | 39 | 20.7 | 259 | 20.1 | |
| Yes | 124 | 11.3 | 55 | 29.3 | 179 | 13.9 | 3.36 (2.29 to 4.92) |
↵* Adjusted for age and nationality.
↵† Among men who provided oral fluid specimens (N=1189).
↵‡ Among men reporting any unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) (N=552).
↵§ Adjusted OR for men reporting always being the insertive UAI partner in the past 12 months; for men reporting always or mostly being the insertive UAI partner in the past 12 months adjusted OR 1.82, 95% CI 1.14 to 2.92.
↵¶ The willingness question used was ‘We are looking for new ways to prevent HIV. Should the following research studies take place, which would you be willing to take part in?’, with participants asked to select ‘yes’, ‘no’ or ‘don't know’ for circumcision (and also for behaviour change, rectal microbicides and HIV vaccines).
STI, sexually transmitted infection.