International Scholarly Research Notices / 2013 / Article / Tab 9 / Review Article
Sexually Transmitted Infections and Male Circumcision: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Table 9 Studies of the association between circumcision status and the prevalence of syphilis.
Study Intact +ve/−ve Circumcised +ve/−ve Odds ratio 95% confidence interval Exact odds ratio Exact confidence interval Bailey 7/169 6/138 0.95 0.31–2.90 0.9528 0.2673–3.5173 Buvé: Kismu 17/393 0/156 13.92 0.83–232.90 9.4870 1.1611–[55.8609]† Buvé: Ndola 57/480 7/48 0.81 0.35–1.88 0.8146 0.3442–2.2355 Bwayo RPR* 14/162 42/729 1.50 0.80–2.81 1.4993 0.7380–2.8812 Bwayo TPHA* 38/75 106/351 1.68 1.07–2.62 1.6761 1.0403–2.6740 Cook 20/520 13/2223 6.69 3.27–13.70 6.5705 3.0874–14.4743 Dave 10/4823 3/979 0.68 0.19–2.46 0.6767 0.1738–3.8332 Diseker 10/212 18/622 1.62 0.74–3.69 1.6290 0.6608–3.7908 Donovan 1/114 2/183 0.80 0.07–8.95 0.8032 0.0135–15.5915
Gray et al. [44 ]* 482/4117 93/815 1.03 0.81–1.30 1.0260 0.8091–1.3116
Gray et al. [163 ]* 446/3917 96/709 0.84 0.67–1.06 0.8410 0.6629–1.0750 Hand 420/1090 108/219 0.78 0.60–1.01 0.7815 0.6007–1.0204 Laumann 12/1106 13/1312 1.10 0.50–2.41 1.0950 0.4546–2.6147 Lavreys 11/84 48/603 1.65 0.82–3.29 1.6438 0.7400–3.3705 Lloyd 81/300 25/93 1.00 0.61–1.66 1.0044 0.5937–1.7413 Mor 192/13838 384/36290 1.31 1.10–1.56 1.3112 1.0956–1.5651 Newell 125/1229 45/597 1.35 0.95–1.92 1.3491 0.9379–1.9695 Otieno-Nyunya NA NA 2.2 1.3–3.7 2.2 1.3–3.7 Parker 9/581 3/726 3.75 1.01–13.91 3.7452 0.9292–216041 Reynolds 128/1639 9/151 1.31 0.65–2.63 1.3101 0.6510–2.9907 Rodriguez-Diaz 68/378 37/177 0.86 0.56–1.33 0.8608 0.5448–1.3756 Schneider 107/5049 25/986 0.84 0.54–1.30 0.8359 0.5335–1.3562 Schrek white 10/142 1/35 2.46 0.31–19.90 2.4557 0.3293–109.9779 Schrek black 19/104 6/39 1.19 0.44–3.19 1.1863 0.4155–3.9024 Seed 24/570 10/233 0.98 0.46–2.08 0.9811 0.4438–2.3363 Talukdar 25/339 8/94 0.87 0.38–1.98 0.8668 0.3640–2.2979 Todd 187/354 39/137 1.86 1.25–2.76 1.8541 1.2310–2.8387 Uganda 149/6643 37/2452 1.49 1.03–2.14 1.4864 1.0276–2.1990 Urassa 775/3282 155/772 1.18 0.97–1.42 1.1761 0.9707–1.4311 Vaz 74/748 29/433 1.48 0.95–2.31 1.4767 0.9321–2.3934 Wilson 90/910 10/294 2.91 1.49–5.66 2.9059 1.4838–6.3494 Random effects summary effect: 1.3036 1.1103–1.5306
Heterogeneity chi-square (
) was 67.70 (
).
The RPR data from the Bwayo study and the 2004 Radkai data were used in calculating the summary odds ratios.
Brackets have infinite confidence interval replaced with value equidistant from the odds ratio as the measured confidence interval.
