Table 3.
Characteristics of enrolled voluntary medical male circumcision clients, by arm and region.
| Overall | Njombe region | Tabora region | ||||
| Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | |
| n = 6191 | n = 3926 | n = 1797 | n = 1025 | n = 4394 | n = 2901 | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Age group | ||||||
| 10–19 years | 4263 (68.9) | 3325 (84.7) | 1404 (78.1) | 837 (81.7) | 2859 (65.1) | 2488 (85.8) |
| 20–34 years | 1462 (23.6) | 493 (12.6) | 212 (11.8) | 153 (14.9) | 1250 (28.4) | 340 (11.7) |
| ≥35 years | 466 (7.5) | 108 (2.8) | 181 (10.1) | 35 (3.4) | 285 (6.5) | 73 (2.5) |
| Median age (IQR; years) | 15 (12–21) | 13 (11–17) | 13 (11–18) | 14 (11–18) | 17 (12–22) | 13 (11–16) |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Never married | 4853 (78.4) | 3598 (91.6) | 1545 (86.0) | 935 (91.2) | 3308 (75.3) | 2663 (91.8) |
| Married/cohabiting | 1338 (21.6) | 328 (8.4) | 252 (14.0) | 90 (8.8) | 1086 (24.7) | 238 (8.2) |
| Referral method | ||||||
| Peer educator | 6025 (97.3) | 3726 (94.9) | 1731 (96.3) | 976 (95.2) | 4294 (97.7) | 2750 (94.8) |
| Self-referred | 164 (2.6) | 199 (5.1) | 66 (3.7) | 49 (4.8) | 98 (2.2) | 150 (5.2) |
| Other | 2 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) |
| HIV testing | ||||||
| Accepted testing | 6072 (98.1) | 3902 (99.4) | 1707 (95.0) | 1007 (98.2) | 4365 (99.3) | 2895 (99.8) |
| Did not accept testing | 103 (1.7) | 23 (0.6) | 90 (5.0) | 18 (1.8) | 13 (0.3) | 5 (0.2) |
| Missing | 16 (0.3) | 1 (0.0) | 0 | 0 | 16 (0.4) | 1 (0.0) |
| Of those tested, HIV test results | ||||||
| Negative | 5968 (98.3) | 3864 (99.0) | 1677 (98.2) | 988 (98.1) | 4291 (98.3) | 2876 (99.3) |
| Positive | 98 (1.6) | 31 (0.8) | 29 (1.7) | 16 (1.6) | 69 (1.6) | 15 (0.5) |
| Indeterminate | 6 (0.1) | 7 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) | 3 (0.3) | 5 (0.1) | 4 (0.1) |
| Returned for ≥1 postoperative visit | ||||||
| No | 1248 (20.2) | 708 (18.0) | 218 (12.1) | 151 (14.7) | 1030 (23.4) | 557 (19.2) |
| Yes | 4943 (79.8) | 3218 (82.0) | 1579 (87.9) | 874 (85.3) | 3364 (76.6) | 2344 (80.8) |
| Any postoperative adverse eventa | ||||||
| No | 4901 (99.6) | 3178 (98.9) | 1566 (99.6) | 857 (98.1) | 3335 (99.6) | 2321 (99.3) |
| Yes | 20 (0.4) | 34 (1.1) | 7 (0.4) | 17 (1.9) | 13 (0.4) | 17 (0.7) |
IQR, interquartile range.
aAmong those with at least one postoperative visit. Two intraoperative events occurred (one in each arm), and these are excluded from this analysis.