Male circumcision, religion, and infectious diseases: an ecologic analysis of 118 developing countries

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 3 Multivariate linear regression models of cervical cancer incidence (/100,000 women/year) among developing countries.

	No. of countries	coefficient	p-value	R ²
Unadjusted regression model	105			0.40
Percent of population Muslim		-0.010	0.84
Percent of population Christian		0.21	<0.001
Male circumcision prevalence¹		-3.65	0.022
Adjusted regression model ²	85			0.59
Percent of population Muslim		0.083	0.25
Percent of population Christian		0.13	0.017
Male circumcision prevalence¹		-10.38	<0.001

¹ Male circumcision prevalence was coded as 1 = low (<20%), 2 = intermediate (20–80%), and 3 = high (>80%).
² Model adjusted by country-specific measures including number of doctors per 100,000 people, percent of children immunized for measles, female disability-adjusted life expectancy in years, percent of female adult illiteracy rate, percent of infants with low birth weight, and major geographic region.

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