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Table 2.

Association between High-risk Human Papillomavirus (HR-HPV) prevalence and male circumcision.

HR-HPV prevalence % (positive/total) PRR (95% CI; P) aPRR* (95% CI; P)
Randomization group
 Control 22.3% (140/627) 1 1
 Intervention 14.8% (94/637) 0.66 (0.51–0.86) =0.002 0.68 (0.52–0.89) p=0.004
Circumcision status
 Uncircumcised 23.2% (144/621) 1 1
 Circumcised 14.0% (90/643) 0.60 (0.46–0.79) <0.001 0.62 (0.47–0.80) <0.001

PRR= prevalence rate ratio

* PRR adjusted for ethnic group, age, education, number of lifetime partners, marital status, number of non-spousal partners in the past 12 months, condom use in the past 12 months, number of sex acts in the past 12 months and HIV status.
J Infect Dis. 2009 January; 199(1): 14–9.
doi: 10.1086/595566.