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. 2011 Feb 11;2(1):e4. doi: 10.4081/jphia.2011.e4

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
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.