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. 2007;3(4):29-36.
doi: 10.1080/15574090802263421.

Male circumcision and HIV status among Latino immigrant MSM in New York City

Carol A Reisen  1 , Maria Cecilia Zea, Paul J Poppen, Fernanda T Bianchi
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Male circumcision and HIV status among Latino immigrant MSM in New York City

Carol A Reisen et al. J LGBT Health Res. 2007.

Abstract

This study investigated protective effects of circumcision in a sample of immigrant Latino men who have sex with men (MSM). A survey in Portuguese, Spanish, or English was administered with computer-assisted self-interview technology with audio enhancement (A-CASI) to 482 MSM from Brazil (n=146), Colombia (n=169), and the Dominican Republic (n=167), living in the New York metropolitan area. Logistic regression revealed that after controlling for age, income, education, having had syphilis, having done sex work, and preferring the receptive role in anal intercourse, uncircumcised men were almost twice as likely to be HIV-positive as circumcised men. Follow-up analyses revealed, however, that the protective effects occurred only among the group of Colombian men.

Keywords: HIV; Latino; MSM; circumcision.

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