Review Article
Sexually Transmitted Infections and Male Circumcision: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 5
Studies of the association between circumcision status and the prevalence of nongonococcal urethritis.
| Study | Uncircumcised +ve/−ve | Circumcised +ve/−ve | Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | Exact odds ratio | Exact confidence interval |
| Aynaud | 56/106 | 9/39 | 2.29 | 1.04–5.06 | 2.2811 | 0.9954–5.7489 | Cook | 161/379 | 721/1515 | 0.89 | 0.73–1.10 | 0.8927 | 0.7225–1.0996 | Dave | 169/4664 | 39/943 | 0.88 | 0.61–1.25 | 0.8762 | 0.6106–1.2843 | Donovan | 55/60 | 81/104 | 1.18 | 0.74–1.88 | 1.1763 | 0.7177–1.9282 | Ferris | 34/1567 | 136/2209 | 0.35 | 0.24–0.52 | 0.3525 | 0.2333–0.5198 | Laumann | 21/1097 | 35/1414 | 0.77 | 0.45–1.34 | 0.7735 | 0.4252–1.3751 | Lavreys | 15/80 | 81/570 | 1.32 | 0.73–2.40 | 1.3189 | 0.6724–2.4469 | Parker | 138/452 | 236/493 | 0.64 | 0.50–0.82 | 0.6380 | 0.4946–0.8211 | Richters | 150/3367 | 369/5092 | 0.61 | 0.51–0.75 | 0.6148 | 0.5025–0.7492 | Smith | NA | NA | 0.61 | 0.50–0.73 | 0.61 | 0.50–0.73 | Taylor | 100/207 | 42/62 | 0.71 | 0.45–1.13 | 0.7137 | 0.4405–1.1624 | Wilson | 140/860 | 45/259 | 0.94 |
0.65–1.35 | 0.9370 | 0.6449–1.3807 | Random effects summary effect: | | | | 0.76 | 0.63–0.92 |
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Heterogeneity chi-square () was 39.78 ().
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