Table 1. Meta-analysis of population survey results from 19 countries15,16 comparing HIV prevalence based on circumcision status using fixed-effects and random-effects models on exact odds ratios and confidence intervals.11.
Country, year | HIV+ve | HIV−ve | Ex OR | 95%CIL | 95%CIU | ||
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Intact | Cd | Intact | Cd | ||||
Burkina Faso, 2003 | 10 | 46 | 324 | 2685 | 1.80 | 0.80 | 3.66 |
Cambodia, 2005 | 39 | 0 | 6478 | 138 | 1.18 | 0.21 | ∞ |
Cameroon, 2004 | 4 | 185 | 313 | 4113 | 0.28 | 0.08 | 0.77 |
Côte d'Ivoire, 2005 | 6 | 108 | 167 | 3742 | 1.24 | 0.44 | 2.86 |
Ethiopia, 2005 | 5 | 40 | 379 | 4380 | 1.44 | 0.44 | 3.69 |
Ghana, 2003 | 3 | 54 | 178 | 3810 | 1.19 | 0.24 | 3.72 |
Guinea, 2005 | 0 | 18 | 26 | 2532 | 3.87 | ∞ | 23.58 |
Haiti, 2005 | 77 | 9 | 3994 | 234 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 1.15 |
India, 2005/2006 | 161 | 12 | 40184 | 5806 | 1.94 | 1.08 | 3.83 |
Kenya, 2003 | 54 | 74 | 421 | 2298 | 3.95 | 2.68 | 5.77 |
Lesotho, 2004/2005 | 161 | 223 | 885 | 728 | 0.59 | 0.47 | 0.75 |
Malawi, 2004 | 179 | 66 | 1727 | 434 | 0.68 | 0.50 | 0.94 |
Niger, 2006 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 2818 | 6.31 | ∞ | 39.51 |
Rwanda, 2005 | 82 | 16 | 3826 | 402 | 0.54 | 0.31 | 0.99 |
Senegal, 2005 | 0 | 16 | 56 | 3108 | 2.47 | ∞ | 14.81 |
South Africa, 2002 | 184 | 102 | 1485 | 814 | 0.99 | 0.26 | 1.28 |
Tanzania, 2003/2004 | 86 | 225 | 1443 | 3238 | 0.86 | 0.66 | 1.11 |
Uganda, 2004/2005 | 309 | 69 | 5304 | 1789 | 1.51 | 1.15 | 2.00 |
Zimbabwe, 2005 | 743 | 99 | 4492 | 498 | 0.83 | 0.66 | 1.06 |
Total | 2103 | 1385 | 71696 | 43567 | 0.92 | 0.86 | 0.99 |
Exact fixed effects | 0.97 | 0.88 | 1.06 | ||||
Exact random effects | 1.10 | 0.83 | 1.46 | ||||
Africa only | |||||||
Exact fixed effects | 0.96 | 0.87 | 1.06 | ||||
Exact random effects | 1.10 | 0.81 | 1.50 |
Cd, circumcised. Between study heterogeneity: all studies 2 (df=18) = 113.69, P<0.0001; Africa only 2 (df=15) = 107.22, P<0.0001.