Table 1. Differences between males circumcised traditionally versus medically, July–August 2004, in Bungoma district, Kenya.

Characteristics	Traditional			Medical		OR	95% CI	P-value
	(n)	(%)		(n)	(%)
Age
≤ 15	291	66.3		506	90.4	0.21	0.15–0.30	< 0.001
≥ 16	148	33.7		54	9.6
Residence
Rural	388	87.2		430	76.5	2.08	1.49–2.94	< 0.001
Urban	57	12.8		132	23.5
Schooling
Primary	442	99.3		554	98.9	1.59	0.40–6.25	0.510
Secondary	3	0.7		6	1.1
Complications
Yes	156	35.2		99	17.7	2.53	1.89–3.38	< 0.001
No	287	64.8		460	82.3
Fully healed
Yes	299	75.9		397	81.2	0.73	0.53–1.01	0.056
No	95	24.1		92	18.8
Sought care at hospital
Yes	59	23.1		83	31.1	0.67	0.45–0.99	0.042
No	196	76.9		184	68.9
Pain with erection
Yes	90	20.9		103	19.3	1.10	0.80–1.51	0.548
No	341	79.1		430	80.7
Had sex before circumcision
Yes	280	63.1		199	35.5	3.11	2.40–4.02	0.001
No	164	36.9		362	64.5
Had sex since circumcision
Yes	28	6.3		17	3.0	2.16	1.17–4.00	0.014
No	413	93.7		542	97.0
Would choose different method
Yes	70	15.9		80	14.4	1.13	0.79–1.59	0.507
No	371	84.1		477	85.6

CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.