Table 2.

Female Partner Retention Rates

	Intervention		Control
	Number followed/Eligible	Percent retention	Number followed/Eligible	Percent retention
0–6 months	88/93	94.6	63/70	90.0
6–12 months	88/93	94.6	65/70	92.9
12–24 months	50/61*	82.0	36/42*	85.7

^*The population at risk in the second year was diminished by losses to follow up in the first year, and by women whose follow up was truncated before completion of 24 months follow up due to early trial closure.