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. 2017 Apr 3;31(7):1025–1034. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001440

Table 2.

Proportion and number of circumcised clients in different age groups, by arm and region.

Region
Both regions (primary analysis) Njombe Tabora
Proportion of clients aged 20–34 years (primary analysis)
 Intervention arm (n = 6191) 1462a (17.7%)b 212 (11.3%) 1250 (27.5%)
 Control arm (n = 3926) 493 (13.0%) 153 (14.7%) 340 (11.5%)
 Prevalence ratioc (95% CI) 1.36 (0.93–1.98) 0.77 (0.37–1.61) 2.39 (1.66–3.43)
P value P = 0.11 P = 0.44 P < 0.001
P value for interaction by region P = 0.006
Mean number of clients aged 20–34 years (SE)
 Intervention arm (n = 6191) 146d (42) 42 (9) 250 (51)
 Control arm (n = 3926) 49 (10) 31 (6) 68 (15)
 Mean difference (%; 95% CI) 97 (40–154) 12 (−14–38) 182 (44–320)
P value P = 0.002 P = 0.32 P = 0.02
P value for interaction by region P = 0.006
Proportion of clients aged ≥20 years
 Intervention arm (n = 6191) 1928 (25.5%) 393 (19.1%) 1535 (34.1%)
 Control arm (n = 3926) 601 (16.0%) 188 (18.3%) 413 (14.0%)
 Prevalence ratio (95% CI) 1.60 (1.09–2.34) 1.05 (0.49–2.22) 2.44 (1.71–3.49)
P value P = 0.02 P = 0.89 P < 0.001
P value for interaction by region P = 0.03
Mean number of clients aged ≥20 years (SE)
 Intervention arm (n = 6191) 193 (50) 78 (28) 307 (61)
 Control arm (n = 3926) 60 (12) 38 (7) 82 (18)
 Mean difference (%; 95% CI) 133 (59–207) 41 (−35–117) 224 (57–391)
P value P = 0.002 P = 0.22 P = 0.02
P value for interaction by region P = 0.02
Mean number of clients, all ages (SE)
 Intervention arm (n = 6191) 619 (110) 359 (51) 879 (133)
 Control arm (n = 3926) 393 (83) 205 (32) 580 (110)
 Mean difference (%; 95% CI) 227 (33–420) 154 (12–297) 299 (-102–699)
P value P = 0.03 P = 0.04 P = 0.12
P value for interaction by region P = 0.44
Proportion of clients aged 20–29 years
 Intervention arm (n = 6191) 1237 (14.5%) 164 (8.9%) 1073 (23.6%)
 Control arm (n = 3926) 416 (11.0%) 133 (12.8%) 283 (9.5%)
 Prevalence ratio (95% CI) 1.31 (0.88–1.95) 0.69 (0.33–1.47) 2.49 (1.64–3.76)
P value P = 0.16 P = 0.29 P = 0.001
P value for interaction by region P = 0.003

CI, confidence interval; SE, standard error.

aTotal number of clients aged 20–34 years (over all clusters).

bGeometric mean of cluster-level proportions.

cRatio of geometric mean of cluster-specific prevalence in intervention and control arm.

dArithmetic mean number of clients with the outcome per cluster.