Study published in The Journal of Pediatrics, Volume 152, Issue 3, Pages 383-387 (March 2008). The study's objective was to determine the impact of early childhood circumcision on sexually transmitted infection (STI) acquisition to age 32 years.  "Overall, up to age 32 years, the incidence rates for all STIs were not statistically significantly different . . . for the uncircumcised and circumcised men, respectively. This was not affected by adjusting for any of the socioeconomic or sexual behavior characteristics."

Conclusions

These findings are consistent with recent population-based cross-sectional studies in developed countries, which found that early childhood circumcision does not markedly reduce the risk of the common STIs in the general population in such countries.