Knowledge on voluntary medical male circumcision in a low uptake setting in northern Uganda

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Table 3 Association of knowledge with VMMC status, using propensity score weighting, excluding subjects outside the common support

		Crude PR (95% CI)	p-value	Weighted.PR (95% CI) ^a	p-value
Male respondents	VMMC differs from traditional circumcision
	Fail to accept vs Accept	0.67(0.45–1.01)	0.053	0.77(0.51–1.15)	0.204
	Men normally bleed after VMMC
	Fail to reject vs Reject	0.57(0.37–0.88)	0.011	0.67(0.41–1.08)	0.103
	Men usually desire more sexual partners after VMMC
	Fail to reject vs Reject	0.68(0.50–0.94)	0.019	0.65 (0.46–0.92)	0.014*
	VMMC reduces sexual performance
	Fail to reject vs Reject	0.52(0.34–0.78)	0.002	0.58(0.38–0.89)	0.012*
Female respondents	VMMC reduces (men’s)sexual performance
Female respondents	Fail to reject vs Reject	0.33(0.12–0.90)	0.031	0.22(0.07–0.76)	0.016*

^a Prevalence ratio from poisson model with propensity score weights, excluding respondents outside the common support
* Association with circumcision (p < 0.05)

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