Table 3.
Incidence of HIV and HSV-2 according to intervention
| Stepping Stones | Control | P value for homogeneity | Adjusted* incidence rate ratio (95% CI) | P value | Coefficient of variation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No of events | Rate/100 person years | No of events | Rate/100 person years | ||||||
| HIV | |||||||||
| Overall | 72 | 3.46 | 81 | 4.07 | 0.56 | 0.95 (0.67 to 1.35) | 0.78 | 1.02 | |
| Women | 57 | 5.65 | 68 | 6.95 | 0.81 | ||||
| Men | 15 | 1.40 | 13 | 1.29 | 1.60 | ||||
| HSV-2 | |||||||||
| Overall | 57 | 3.24 | 75 | 4.62 | 0.91 | 0.67 (0.47 to 0.97) | 0.036 | 1.13 | |
| Women | 43 | 5.35 | 57 | 7.71 | 0.93 | ||||
| Men | 14 | 1.46 | 18 | 2.04 | 1.58 | ||||
*Adjusted for stratum, sex, participant’s age, and baseline cluster prevalence of HIV or HSV-2, respectively.