Table 1:
Baseline characteristics and baseline sexual risk behaviors of uncircumcised HIV +ve men versus circumcised HIV +ve men §
| All N=538 |
Uncircumcised N=425 |
Circumcised N=113 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Age;
mean(SD) median(IQR) |
35.0(7.1) 34.5(30–40) |
35.2(7.2) 35(30–40) |
34.5(6.7) 33(29–40) |
0.356 0.305 |
|
Marital status,
n(%) currently unmarried currently married Never married |
162(30.1) 346(64.3) 30(5.6) |
130(30.6) 269(63.3) 26(6.1) |
32(28.3) 77(68.1) 4(3.5) |
0.514 |
|
Community,
n(%) Non-fishing Fishing |
204(37.9) 334(62.1) |
171(40.2) 254(59.8) |
33(29.2) 80(70.8) |
0.032 |
|
Education,
n(%) None Primary school Secondary school or higher |
56(10.4) 407(75.7) 75(13.9) |
43(10.1) 324(76.2) 58(13.7) |
13(11.5) 83(73.5) 17(15.0) |
0.826 |
|
Religion,
n(%) Catholic Protestant Other |
414(77.0) 96(17.8) 28(5.2) |
330(77.7) 71(16.7) 24(5.7) |
84(74.3) 25(22.1) 4(3.5) |
0.329 |
|
Exposure to stylish living
campaign
∞,
n(%) Participated Heard, did not participate Never heard Missing (Unknown) |
77(14.3) 144(26.8) 289(53.7) 28(5.2) |
39(9.2) 124(29.2) 236(55.5) 26(6.1) |
38(33.6) 20(17.7) 53(46.9) 2(1.8) |
<0.001 |
|
In HIV care, n(%) Yes, with ART Yes, with Septrin only Yes, but no Septrin or ART Never |
237(44.1) 136(25.3) 148(27.5) 17(3.2) |
187(44.0) 102(24.0) 122(28.7) 14(3.3) |
50(44.3) 34(30.1) 26(23.0) 3(2.7) |
0.498 |
|
Sexually active,
n(%) No Yes |
35(6.5) 503(93.5) |
32(7.5) 393(92.5) |
3(2.7) 110(97.4) |
0.083 |
|
Alcohol before sex,
n(%) No Yes |
215(40.0) 323(60.0) |
168(39.5) 257(60.5) |
47(41.6) 66(58.4) |
0.691 |
|
Transactional sex,
n(%) No Yes Missing (Unknown) |
360(66.9) 107(19.9) 71(13.2) |
286(67.3) 82(19.3) 57(13.4) |
74(65.5) 25(22.1) 14(12.4) |
0.789 |
|
Multiple sex partners (3+),
n(%) No Yes |
416(77.3) 122(22.7) |
331(77.9) 94(22.1) |
85(75.2) 28(24.8) |
0.548 |
|
Casual sex partners,
n(%) No Yes |
264(49.1) 274(50.9) |
210(49.4) 215(50.6) |
54(47.8) 59(52.2) |
0.759 |
|
Condom use with casual partners,
n(%) Consistent or no casual partner Inconsistent |
268(49.8) 270(50.2) |
214(50.4) 211(49.7) |
54(47.8) 59(52.2) |
0.628 |
§
The baseline survey was conducted between July 2013 and January 2015
∞
The Stylish living campaign involves targeted messaging for Combination HIV Prevention (CHP), and was conducted in randomly selected communities within the Rakai Community Cohort Study (RCCS) since mid-2014