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. 2011 Apr 19;11:247. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-247

Table 1.

Prevalence of risk factors and association between these risk factors and HIV seroconversion (hazard ratio)

Prevalence of behavior n (%)(1) Number of HIV cases
(person-years)
Hazard ratio
(95% CI)

No UAI 521 (37) 7 (2071.4) 1

UAI by reported HIV status of sexual partners(2)

UAI with HIV-negative only (serosorting) 466 (33) 14 (1958.7) 2.17 (0.88,5.39)

UAI with some unknown HIV status 362 (25) 13 (879.8) 4.44 (1.77,11.16)

UAI with any HIV-positive 77 (5) 13 (246.3) 16.12 (6.42,40.46)

UAI by sexual position(2)

Insertive UAI only (strategic positioning) 225 (16) 4 (792.1) 1.54 (0.45,5.26)

Receptive with withdrawal (withdrawal) 204 (14) 11 (662.0) 5.00 (1.94,12.92)

Receptive with ejaculation 426 (33) 25 (1627.2) 4.65 (2.01,10.76)

Circumcision status(3)

Uncircumcised men 488 (34) 17 (16.7) 1.22 (0.67,2.22)

Number of sexual partners

10+ casual sexual partners in the last 6 m 528 (37%) 20 (1370.8) 2.1 (1.12-3.74)

STIs(4)

Anal warts between study visit 59 (4) 8 (197.1) 5.22 (2.44,11.18),

Anal gonorrhoea at study visit 4 (<1) 3 (42.8) 8.50 (2.60,27.95)

CI = Confidence interval, UAI = Unprotected anal intercourse, m = months

1. Reported at baseline cohort asssessment

2. Adapted from Jin et al [8]

3. Adapted from Templeton et al [9]

4. Adapted from Jin et al [21]