Circumcision For HIV Prevention in Men Who Have Sex With Men: an Updated Meta-Analysis.

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• Alternative Title:
  Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999), 2026, v. 101, no. 4: Circumcision For HIV Prevention in Men Who Have Sex With Men: an Updated Meta-Analysis.
• Journal Article:
  Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
• Personal Author:
  Davis, Stephanie M. ; Fellows, Ian ; de Leon, Oscar ; Bastani, Parsa ; Hakim, Avi J ; Toledo, Carlos ; Ijeoma, Ugonna ; Schneider, John ; Lucas, Todd ; Peck, Megan ; Philpott, David
• Description:
  Circumcision reduces HIV risk for men who have sex with women, but for men who have sex with men (MSM), prior meta-analyses were ambiguous because of inconsistent, highly confounded data suggesting regional differences. This has left the weight of evidence unclear even after a small 2024 trial in primarily insertive MSM (PI-MSM) in China showed protection. Any protection would be for PI-MSM and could have substantial impact given high incidence.
  
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  We performed an updated literature search on the association of male circumcision with HIV among MSM. We conducted descriptive analyses, and a random-effects meta-analysis among PI-MSM. To isolate the protective effect of circumcision from confounders, we then performed a confounder-adjusted meta-analysis, comparing the effect of circumcision on HIV status among PI-MSM versus other MSM, testing for publication bias (funnel plot asymmetry) and regional heterogeneity (United States/Canada/Europe/Australia vs. Asia/Africa/Latin America).
  
  Forty-nine studies were included in the descriptive analysis, 13 in the unadjusted meta-analysis, and 10 in the confounder-adjusted meta-analysis. In the unadjusted meta-analysis, circumcision was associated with a lower HIV risk among PI-MSM (odds ratio (OR) = 0.57, 95% CI: 0.33 to 0.98); publication bias and heterogeneity were present. In the confounder-adjusted analysis, the additional effect of circumcision in the PI-MSM group-a ratio of ORs-was 0.53 (95% CI: 0.34 to 0.83), a significant, substantial protective association. Regional heterogeneity ( P = 0.65) and publication bias ( P = 0.34) were not present.
  
  Among PI-MSM, circumcision was protective against HIV. Findings support male circumcision as an effective HIV prevention method for PI-MSM.
• Content Notes:
  Author manuscript
• Subjects:
  • Humans
  • Circumcision, Male
  • HIV Infections
  • Male
  • Homosexuality, Male
• Source:
  Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999), 2026, v. 101, no. 4
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000003814
• ISSN:
  1525-4135 ; 1944-7884
• Pubmed ID:
  41729204
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC12931658
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Pages in Document:
  335-345 (23 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  101
• Issue:
  4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/260771/cdc_260771_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.30 MB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:24ae21b8c6fe45c33fa07a51ada2317bef88ad6fe9fa9160ee8c5e09616f561bc6e99939efa7b78ced4408fe96daccb5939a679035a449a6ca240ffc958bb7be