Sexually Transmitted Infections and Male Circumcision: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 14
Studies of the association between circumcision status and the prevalence of any sexually transmitted infection versus no sexually transmitted infections.
Study
Intact +ve/−ve
Circumcised +ve/−ve
Odds ratio
95% confidence interval
Exact odds ratio
Exact confidence interval
Auvert
82/279
19/122
1.89
1.10–3.25
1.8850
1.0763–3.4396
Aynaud
30/132
7/41
1.33
0.54–3.26
1.3294
0.5208–3.8565
Burundi
101/1559
33/853
1.67
1.12–2.50
1.6743
1.1091–2.5848
Cook
342/198
1449/787
0.94
0.77–1.14
0.9382
0.7685–1.1472
Dave
522/4311
109/873
0.97
0.78–1.21
0.9698
0.7769–1.2187
Diseker
291/212
869/622
0.98
0.80–1.21
0.9825
0.7967–1.2128
Ferris
166/1458
409/1965
0.55
0.45–0.66
0.5471
0.4483–0.6654
Gebremedhin
1178/21926
2623/43363
0.89
0.83–0.95
0.8882
0.8269–0.9536
Harbertson
185/360
371/304
0.42
0.33–0.53
0.4214
0.3311–0.5353
Klavs
38/682
2/35
0.98
0.23–4.21
0.09751
0.2348–8.6761
Langeni
6931/173523
927/35099
1.51
1.41–1.62
1.5124
1.4106–1.6229
Laumann 1–4 partners
15/434
26/528
0.70
0.37–1.34
0.7021
0.3411–1.3960
5–20 partners
80/364
102/436
0.94
0.68–1.30
0.9395
0.6696–1.3152
21+ partners
61/129
95/138
0.69
0.46–1.03
0.6875
0.4502–1.0457
Parker
350/240
404/325
1.17
0.94–1.46
1.1730
0.9360–1.4707
Richters
487/3460
929/4736
0.72
0.12–0.81
0.7176
0.6362–0.8086
Rodriguez-Diaz
293/153
157/57
0.70
0.48–1.00
0.6956
0.4752–1.0104
Schrek white
26/126
10/26
0.54
0.23–1.25
0.5385
0.2176–1.4070
Schrek black
58/65
22/23
0.93
0.47–1.85
0.9333
0.4451–1.9595
Seed
378/216
177/66
0.65
0.47–0.91
0.6529
0.4620–0.9159
Taylor
251/56
87/17
0.88
0.48–1.59
0.8761
0.4521–1.6293
Thomas
1.08
0.52–2.26
1.08
0.52–2.26
Urassa 1
117/1239
70/572
0.77
0.56–1.05
0.7717
0.5592–1.0711
Urassa 2
291/1854
84/374
0.70
0.54–0.91
0.6989
0.5322–0.9246
Urassa 3
85/262
58/119
0.67
0.45–0.99
0.6662
0.4392–1.0133
Urassa 4
29/799
23/723
1.14
0.65–1.99
1.1408
0.6308–2.0853
Urassa 5
355/4409
101/987
0.79
0.62–0.99
0.7869
0.6220–1.0023
Random effects summary effect:
0.8627
0.7368–1.0102
—without Langeni
0.8248
0.7358–0.9245
Heterogeneity chi-square () was 303.00 (); without Langeni chi-square () was 99.59 ().
