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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet HIV. 2015 Jul 1;2(7):e279–e287. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(15)00058-2

Table 3.

Incidence and risk of HIV-1 infection, by injection type

Number of HIV-1 seroconversions/person-years Incidence per 100 person-years (95% CI) Unadjusted Cox proportional hazards regression analysis
Adjusted Cox proportional hazards regression analysis
Hazard ratio (95% CI) p value Hazard ratio (95% CI) p value
Primary comparison in whole cohort (n=3141)
NET-EN 55/970·8 5·67 (4·35–7·38) Reference ·· Reference ··
DMPA 152/1763·0 8·62 (7·35–10·11) 1·53 (1·12–2·08) 0·007 1·41 (1·06–1·89)* 0·02
Total 207/2733·7 7·57 (6·61–8·68) ·· ·· ·· ··

Women who reported no condom use for vaginal sex at baseline (n=304)
NET-EN 1/104·8 0·95 (0·13–6·77) Reference ·· Reference ··
DMPA 7/163·2 4·29 (2·05–9·00) 4·80 (0·59–39·13) 0·1 3·92 (1·36–11·28) 0·01
Total 8/268·0 2·98 (1·49–5·97) ·· ·· ·· ··

Women under 25 years old at baseline (n=1890)
NET-EN 41/625·1 6·56 (4·83–8·91) Reference ·· Reference ··
DMPA 104/975·7 10·66 (8·80–12·92) 1·63 (1·14–2·35) 0·008 1·40 (1·01–1·95) 0·05
Total 145/1600·8 9·06 (7·70–10·66) ·· ·· ·· ··

Women who were HSV-2 seronegative at baseline (n=1671)
NET-EN 34/578·5 5·88 (4·20–8·23) Reference ·· Reference ··
DMPA 55/866·6 6·35 (4·87–8·27) 1·08 (0·70–1·65) 0·7 1·09 (0·78–1·52)§ 0·6
Total 89/1445·0 6·16 (5·00–7·58) ·· ·· ·· ··

Women who were HSV-2-seropositive at baseline (n=1459)
NET-EN 21/387·2 5·42 (3·54–8·32) Reference ·· Reference ··
DMPA 97/895·4 10·83 (8·88–13·22) 2·02 (1·26–3·24) 0·003 2·01 (1·12–3·63)§ 0·02
Total 118/1282·5 9·20 (7·68–11·02) ·· ·· ·· ··

Whole cohort plus women with injectable exposure and person-time following pregnancy outcomes (n=3208)
NET-EN 56/983·1 5·70 (4·38–7·40) Reference ·· Reference ··
DMPA 155/1787·8 8·67 (7·41–10·15) 1·53 (1·13–2·08) 0·006 1·42 (1·04–1·95)* 0·03
Total 211/2770·9 7·61 (6·65–8·71) ·· ·· ·· ··

Women with trichomonas, chlamydia, or gonorrhoea infection at baseline (n=671)
NET-EN 17/201·0 8·46 (5·26–13·60) Reference ·· Reference ··
DMPA 59/376·8 15·66 (12·13–20·21) 1·86 (1·08–3·19) 0·02 1·79 (1·16–2·75)* 0·008
Total 76/577·8 13·15 (10·51–16·47) ·· ·· ·· ··

Women who used both DMPA and NET-EN at different times during follow-up (n=256)
NET-EN 3/104·2 2·88 (0·93–8·92) Reference ·· Reference ··
DMPA 18/146·5 12·29 (7·74–19·50) 4·82 (1·41–16·51) 0·01 4·76 (2·15–10·52)* 0·0001
Total 21/250·7 8·38 (5·46–12·85) ·· ·· ·· ··

Women who did not switch between DMPA and NET-EN during follow-up (n=2885)
NET-EN 52/866·6 6·00 (4·57–7·87) Reference ·· Reference ··
DMPA 134/1616·5 8·29 (7·00–9·82) 1·40 (1·01–1·92) 0·04 1·29 (0·94–1·76)* 0·1
Total 186/2483·0 7·49 (6·49–8·65) ·· ·· ·· ··

DMPA=depot medroxyprogesterone acetate. HSV-2=herpes simplex virus type 2. NET-EN=norethisterone enanthate.

*

Adjusted for baseline age, marriage or cohabitation, education, and HSV-2 status, and time-varying oral contraceptive pill use, primary partner has other partners, and condom use at last sex, with stratification by study site.

Adjusted for baseline age, marriage or cohabitation, education, and HSV-2 status, and time-varying oral contraceptive pill use, and primary partner has other partners, with stratification by study site.

Baseline HSV-2 status was available for 3130 (99·6%) of the cohort.

§

Adjusted for baseline age, marriage or cohabitation, and education, and time-varying oral contraceptive pill use, primary partner has other partners, and condom use at last sex, with stratification by study site.