Table 3.

Predictors of uptake of circumcision among uncircumcised men at Bwaila STI clinic

Variable	Unadjusted relative risk (95% CI)	P value	Adjusted relative risk model (95% CI)	P value
HIV status
Positive	–
Negative	(reference)
Unknown and discordant	1.88 (0.77 to 4.58)	0.163
Age
<25 years	(reference)	0.823		0.510
≥25 years	1.07 (0.59 to 1.95)		1.24 (0.65 to 2.36)
Education
None	(reference)
Primary and secondary	1.18 (0.17 to 8.40)	0.867	1.23 (0.17 to 8.79)	0.836
>Secondary	2.11 (0.26 to 17.12)	0.484	2.15 (0.25 to 18.33)	0.484
Marital status
Married/cohabiting	(reference)
Single	1.38 (0.81 to 2.33)	0.233	1.92 (0.63 to 5.92)	0.254
Divorced and widowed	0.93 (0.13 to 6.67)	0.940	1.04 (0.14 to 7.54)	0.967
Electricity
No	(reference)
Yes	1.12 (0.64 to 1.96)	0.644	0.94 (0.21 to 4.25)	0.937
Running water
No	(reference)
Yes	0.94 (0.53 to 1.65)	0.824	2.06 (0.47 to 8.92)	0.336
Gave money, goods or favours for sex in the last 4 weeks
No	(reference)
Yes	0.45 (0.06 to 3.34)	0.434	0.59 (0.08 to 4.59)	0.618
STI diagnosis
Other*	(reference)
Urethral discharge	1.61 (0.73 to 3.57)	0.242	1.71 (0.35 to 8.38)	0.510
Genital ulcer disease	1.15 (0.44 to 3.05)	0.773	1.66 (0.28 to 9.82)	0.576
Genital warts	6.32 (1.43 to 27.75)	0.015	18.74 (2.04 to 172.45)	0.010
Balanitis	2.3 (0.85 to 6.27)	0.849	1.15 (0.11 to 12.54)	0.909

*The other diagnoses/syndromes include scrotal swelling, persistent urethral discharge, phimosis, paraphimosis, anorectal infections and other non-STI diagnoses.

STI, sexually transmitted infection.