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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet HIV. 2016 Jul 9;3(8):e388–e396. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(16)30034-0

Table 2.

A. Sexual behaviors, STI symptoms, HIV prevalence, and HIV treatment and prevention
uptake in 9,215 female RCCS participants residing in agrarian, trading, and fishing communities in
Uganda, 2011–2013.

Agrarian
(N=5416)
Trading
(N=1940)
Fishing
(N=1859)
Trading vs.
Agrarian
Fishing vs.
Agrarian
Fishing vs.
Trading
N (%) Age-adjusted PRR (95%CI)


Sexually active in the
past year
4383 (81) 1633 (84) 1702 (92) 1.04 (0.98–1.10) 1.13 (1.07–1.09) 1.09 (1.02–1.16)

Multiple partners in
the past year
295 (7) 193 (12) 367 (22) 1.73 (1.44–2.07) 3.15 (2.71–3.68) 2.12 (1.65–2.75)

Non-marital partners
in the past year among
married persons
158 (5) 90 (8) 193 (16) 1.66 (1.27–2.14) 3.21 (2.60–3.96) 1.97(1.54–2.55)

Used alcohol before
sex
789 (18) 307 (19) 574 (34) 1.08 (0.94–1.23) 1.93 (1.74–2.15) 1.80 (1.57–2.07)

Sex with partner
outside community in
the past year
961 (22) 450 (28) 350 (21) 1.25 (1.12–1.40) 0.93 (0.82–1.05) 0.75 (0.65–0.86)

Symptoms of genital
ulcer disease in the
past 12 months
602 (11) 214 (11) 416 (22) 0.99 (0.85–1.16) 2.02 (1.78–2.28) 2.03 (1.72–2.40)

HIV seropositive 888 (16) 368 (19) 907 (49) 1.18 (1.05–1.33) 2.99 (2.73–3.28) 2.55 (2.26–2.88)

Consistent condom
use with non-marital
partners ¥
299 (22) 116(19) 133 (19) 0.84 (0.68–1.04) 0.87 (0.71–1.06) 1.03 (0.81–1.33)

ART use among HIV
seropositive persons*
294 (33) 139 (38) 164 (18) 1.22 (0.99–1.49) 0.65 (0.54–0.79) 0.53 (0.42–0.66)
B. Sexual behaviors, STI symptoms, HIV prevalence, and HIV treatment and prevention
uptake among 7,904 male RCCS participants residing in agrarian, trading, and fishing communities
in Rakai, Uganda, 2011–2013.

Agrarian
(N=4515)
Trading
(N=1378)
Fishing
(N=2011)
Trading vs.
Agrarian
Fishing vs.
Agrarian
Fishing vs.
Trading
N (%) Age-adjusted PRR (95%CI)


Sexually active in
the past year
3436 (76) 1152 (84) 1849 (92) 1.10 (1.03–1.18) 1.16 (1.10–1.23) 1.07 (1.01–1.02)

Multiple partners in
the past year
1043 (33) 466 (45) 1023 (61) 1.35 (1.21–1.51) 1.85 (1.70–2.02) 1.36 (1.22–1.52)

Non-marital
partners in the past
year among married
persons
694 (29) 321 (42) 697 (56) 1.42 (1.24–1.62) 1.85 (1.67–2.06) 1.31 (1.15–1.50)

Used alcohol before
sex
1343 (39) 390 (34) 950 (51) 0.90 (0.8–1.01) 1.33 (1.22–1.44) 1.49 (1.33–1.68)

Sex with partner
outside community
in the past year
1295 (38) 548 (48) 892 (48) 1.24 (1.12–1.37) 1.28 (1.18–1.39) 1.01 (0.91–1.13)

Symptoms of
genital ulcer disease
in the past 12
months
335 (7) 115 (8) 397 (20) 1.12 (0.91–1.38) 2.62 (2.27–3.04) 2.37 (1.93–2.93)

HIV seropositive 486 (11) 148 (11) 691 (34) 1.01 (0.84–1.21) 2.99 (2.66–3.36) 3.01 (2.53–3.61)

Consistent condom
use with non-
marital partners ¥
614 (35) 220 (31) 352 (27) 0.88 (0.76–1.03) 0.77 (0.68–0.88) 0.86 (0.73–1.02)

ART use among
HIV seropositive
persons*
131 (27) 35 (24) 90 (13) 0.89 (0.60–1.27) 0.55 (0.42–0.72) 0.64 (0.44–0.97)

Circumcised** 1250 (32) 466 (43) 334 (21) 1.35 (1.21–1.50) 0.64 (0.56–0.72) 0.48 (0.42–0.55)

Analysis restricted to sexually active women;

Analysis restricted to married women (agrarian, N=3223; trading, N=1098; fishing, N=1176).

¥

Analysis restricted to women who reported non-marital sexual partners (agrarian, N=1457; trading, N=685; fishing, N=750).

*

Analysis restricted to HIV seropositive women (agrarian, N=888; trading, N=368; fishing, N=907).

Analysis restricted to sexually active men.

Analysis restricted to married men (agrarian, N=2363; trading, N=760; fishing, N=1241)

¥

Analysis restricted to men who reported non-marital sexual partners (agrarian, N=1894; trading, N=773; fishing, N=1361).

*

Analysis restricted to HIV seropositive men (agrarian, N=486; trading, N=148; fishing, N=691);

**

Analysis restricted to non-Muslim men (agrarian, N=3943, trading, N=1093; fishing, N=1627)