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. 2017 Feb 28;20(1):21409. doi: 10.7448/IAS.20.1.21409

Table 1.

Clusters of high and low HIV prevalence and VMMC uptake, Manicaland, east Zimbabwe.

A: HIV prevalence amongst all participants aged 1554
  No. of villages
Cluster radius
Cluster population
HIV prevalence
Test for significance
No.a N (km) N (%) aRRb (95% CI) p-valuec
High HIV prevalence clustersd
1 7 3.43 485 25.7 1.78 (1.53–2.07) <0.001
2 1 0 98 46.0 2.50 (2.08–3.01) 0.003
Low HIV prevalence clustersd
3 39 15.05 1376 11.32 0.70 (0.60–0.82) 0.007
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
B: VMMC uptake amongst males aged 1529
  No. of villages
Cluster radius
Cluster population
VMMC uptake
Test for significance
No.a
N
(km)
N
(%)
aRRb
(95% CI)
p-valuec
High VMMC coverage clusterse
4 24 7.14 174 10.3 3.26 (1.94–5.72) 0.082
Low VMMC coverage clusterse
5 38 10.25 332 0.90 0.19 (0.06–0.61) 0.043

aThe cluster numbers correspond to the numbers indicated in Figure 2 and 3.

bThe relative risk and confidence intervals for being HIV-positive (A) or medically circumcised (B) were calculated as the number of participants who were HIV-positive and were medically circumcised, respectively, within the cluster compared to the number not in the cluster (the reference category) adjusted for age delineated into 5-year age groups using the Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel method [29]. Note that the provided HIV prevalence and VMMC uptake statistics are not adjusted for age whilst the relative risks are.

cLikelihood ratio test statistics are calculated and p-values are obtained through Monte Carlo hypothesis testing with 9999 iterations.

dAreas of higher and lower than expected numbers of HIV-positive individuals.

eAreas of higher and lower than expected numbers of medically circumcised males aged 15–29.

aRR, relative risk adjusted for age; CI, confidence interval.