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Table 4 Adjusted Odds ratios for Circumcision status and HIV + status

From: Differences in risky sexual behaviors and HIV prevalence of circumcised and uncircumcised men in Uganda: evidence from a 2011 cross-sectional national survey

 

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HIV status, adjusted for background characteristics

HIV status, adjusted for background characteristics and risky sexual behaviors

ORs (95% CI)

ORs (95% CI)

Circumcision status

  

Uncircumcised

1

1

Circumcised

0.65* (0.47,0.90)

0.63? (0.45,0.87)

Background characteristics

  

Age

  

Age group

1

1

15-24

2.21? (1.27,3.81)

2.08? (1.21,3.57)

25-34

3.91? (2.27,6.71)

3.49? (2.05,5.93)

35-44

2.73? (1.57,4.79)

2.38? (1.37,4.12)

Ethnicity

  

Baganda

1

1

Banyakore

1.42 (0.85,2.39)

1.50 (0.90,2.51)

Iteso/Karimojong

1.35 (0.77,2.39)

1.35 (0.75,2.42)

Lugbara/Madi/Alur/Japadhola

1.14 (0.59,2.22)

1.13 (0.58,2.21)

Basoga

1.24 (0.69,2.22)

1.20 (0.67,2.16)

Langi/Acholi

1.53 (0.80,2.95)

1.57 (0.81,3.06)

Bakiga

1.53 (0.86,2.73)

1.55 (0.88,2.73)

Bagisu/Sabiny

1.50 (0.77,2.92)

1.43 (0.74,2.77)

Banyoro/Batooro

1.51* (1.00,2.27)

1.56 (0.99,2.47)

Bafumbira

0.95 (0.47,1.91)

1.15 (0.57,2.33)

Bagwere/Samia

2.10 (0.90,4.92)

1.98 (0.83,4.71)

Bakonjo

0.52 (0.17,1.62)

0.57 (0.19,1.76)

Others

1.58 (0.97,2.59)

1.69* (1.01,2.85)

Marital status

  

Never married

1

1

Currently married

1.69 (0.97,2.92)

1.62 (0.94,2.82)

Divorced/separated

4.13? (2.34,7.28)

3.65? (2.10,6.32)

Highest education level

  

No education

  

Primary

1.11 (0.72,1.71)

1.07 (0.71,1.64)

Secondary

0.95 (0.58,1.56)

0.95 (0.59,1.53)

Post secondary

0.56* (0.32,0.98)

0.59 (0.34,1.02)

Wealth Status

  

Lowest quintile

1

1

2nd quintile

1.10 [0.79,1.52]

1.06 (0.77,1.47)

Middle

1.15 (0.79,1.69)

1.10 (0.75,1.61)

4th quintile

1.52* (1.04,2.22)

1.47 (1.00,2.18)

Highest quintile

1.39 (0.89,2.17)

1.52* (1.02,2.27)

Transactional sex in last 12 months

  

Did not pay for sex

 

1

Paid for sex

 

2.17? (1.29-3.66)

Number of lifetime partners

  

Less than four

 

1

Four or more

 

1.75? (1.40-2.20)

Number of men

7,969

7,969

  1. * p < 0.05, ? p < 0.01, Non marital sex and condom use at non marital sex and survey region were omitted because of collinearity.