Baseline demographic characteristics of 1663 HIV prevalence study participants in Masaka, Uganda.

<p>¶Unmarried: separated, widowed and never married.</p

Poisson regression analysis of baseline risk factors for incident HIV infection among 1184 participants in Masaka, Uganda.

<p>¶Unmarried: separated, widowed and never married; PYO: person-years of observation; RR: rate ratio; aRR: adjusted rate ratio.</p

Logistic regression analysis of gender-specific risk factors for HIV infection among 1663 participants in Masaka, Uganda.

<p>¶Unmarried: separated, widowed and never married; OR: odds ratio; aOR: adjusted odds ratio;</p><p>*P<0.1;</p><p>**P<0.05.</p

Gender stratified HIV prevalence among 1663 study participants in Masaka, Uganda.

<p>¶Unmarried: separated, widowed and never married;</p><p>*P<0.05,</p><p>**P<0.001 by Chi square or Fisher's exact test.</p

Risk factors for incident HIV infection during follow up among HIV-uninfected partners in HIV discordant couples, Masaka, Uganda.

<p>PYO, person-years of observation; RR, unadjusted rate ratio; aRR, adjusted rate ratio (All factors were adjusted gender, age group at study exit, male circumcision, reported genital discharge, serological syphilis and ART use in the HIV-infected partner); CI, confidence interval; LRT, likelihood ratio test.</p

Baseline factors associated with incident HIV infection among HIV-uninfected partners in HIV discordant couples, Masaka, Uganda.

<p>PYO, person-years of observation; RR, unadjusted rate ratio; aRR, adjusted rate ratio (All factors were adjusted for gender, age group at study entry, male circumcision, alcohol use, condom use frequency, and genital discharge in the past year); CI, confidence interval; LRT, likelihood ratio test.</p

Study profile.

<p>Study profile.</p

Comparison of site rainy and dry season haematology parameter mean values.

<p>*One missing value at Kigali.</p

Consensus seasonal biochemistry parameter reference intervals and out-of-range values.

‡<p>The number and proportion of volunteers whose dry season values are outside the consensus rainy season reference interval.</p>‡‡<p>The number and proportion of volunteers whose rainy season values are outside the consensus dry season reference interval.</p><p>*Excludes all Masaka volunteers (Masaka ALP, total IgG and LDH values varied significantly from those of other sites) and one volunteer with a missing value at Kigali.</p

Comparison of consensus rainy and dry season haematology parameter mean values.

<p>*Excludes all Masaka volunteers (Masaka eosinophil counts varied significantly from those of other sites) and one volunteer with a missing value at Kigali.</p>∧<p>Excludes all Lusaka volunteers (Lusaka basophil counts varied significantly from those of other sites) and one volunteer with a missing value at Kigali.</p