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. 2018 Jan 30;1:3. Originally published 2017 Nov 6. [Version 2] doi: 10.12688/gatesopenres.12752.2

Table 2. Expected versus observed HIV incidence.

Expectation from Partners
PrEP Study *
Observed from Partners
Demonstration Project
Incidence rate
ratio
(95% CI)
p-value
Effectiveness
(95% CI)
N incident
infections/
N years follow up
Incidence ** N incident
infections/
N years follow up
Incidence **
Overall incidence 80.7/1700.2 4.75 4/1682.3 0.24 0.05 (0.02, 0.14)
p<0.0001
95%
(86–98%)
By gender
      Women 42.0/553.0 7.60 3/560.4 0.54 0.07 (0.02, 0.23)
p<0.0001
93%
(77–98%)
      Men 41.1/1144.6 3.59 1/1121.9 0.09 0.03 (0.00, 0.18)
p<0.0001
97%
(82–100%)
By age category
      HIV-negative
partner <25
years old
17.1/344.7 4.97 1/332.0 0.30 0.06 (0.01, 0.46)
p<0.0001
94%
(54–99%)
      HIV-negative
partner ≥25
years old
62.7/1357.4 4.62 3/1350.3 0.22 0.05 (0.02, 0.15)
p<0.0001
95%
(85–98%)
By HIV RNA
category
      HIV-positive
partner HIV
RNA ≥50,000
copies/ml
39.3/674.0 5.84 2/707.3 0.28 0.05 (0.01, 0.20)
p<0.0001
95%
(80–99%)
      HIV-positive
partner HIV
RNA <50,000
copies/ml
41.4/1024.9 4.04 2/975.0 0.21 0.05 (0.01, 0.21)
p<0.0001
95%
(79–99%)

*The number of expected seroconversions and person-years do not sum precisely to the overall totals because each subgroup estimate is drawn from a separate bootstrapped counterfactual cohort model.

**per 100 person-years