Review Article
Sexually Transmitted Infections and Male Circumcision: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 4
Studies of the association between circumcision status and the prevalence of genital discharge syndrome.
| Study | Intact +ve/−ve | Circumcised +ve/−ve | Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | Exact odds ratio | Exact 95% confidence interval |
| Agot | 207/237 | 184/210 | 1.00 | 0.76–1.31 | 0.9968 | 0.7525–1.3206 | Bailey | 58/118 | 65/79 | 0.60 | 0.38–0.94 | 0.5984 | 0.3657–0.9654 | Burundi | 48/1612 | 22/864 | 1.17 | 0.70–1.95 | 1.1693 | 0.6870–2.0486 | Bwayo | 88/88 | 376/383 | 1.02 | 0.73–1.41 | 1.0186 | 0.7238–1.4336 |
Gray et al. [44]* | 156/4443 | 33/875 | 0.92 | 0.64–1.36 | 0.9310 | 0.6312–1.4097 |
Gray et al. [163]* | 503/3967 | 97/728 | 0.93 | 0.64–1.36 | 0.9516 | 0.7528–1.2123 | Lavreys | 47/48 | 297/354 | 1.17 | 0.76–1.80 | 1.1668 | 0.7404–1.8383 | Newell | 77/1279 | 58/588 | 0.61 | 0.43–0.87 | 0.6105 | 0.4222–0.8866 | Seed | 236/358 | 136/107 | 0.52 | 0.38–0.70 | 0.5159 | 0.3790–0.7095 | Tyndall | 86/92 | 311/321 | 0.96 | 0.69–1.35 | 0.9649 | 0.6818–1.3646 | Warner | 2316/2849 | 14352/21054 | 1.19 | 1.12–1.26 | 1.1925 | 1.1239–1.2653 | Random effects summary effect: | | | | 0.8902 | 0.7277–1.0891 |
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Heterogeneity chi-square () was 47.36 (). The Rakai data published in 2004 was used in calculating the summary effect odds ratio.
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