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Table 1 Characteristics of children at follow-upa, b, c

From: Growth and health outcomes at school age in HIV-exposed, uninfected Zambian children: follow-up of two cohorts studied in infancy

 

BFPH cohort

CIGNIS cohort

HUU

HEU

N

64

326

279

111

Sex (# (%) male

30 (47 %)

146 (45 %)

131 (47 %)

45 (41 %)

Age (years) d

11.6 (SD 0.7)

7.5 (SD 0.7)

8.0 (SD 1.5)

8.6 (SD 2.0)

Birth weight (kg)d

3.05 (SD 0.44)

3.03 (SD 0.51)

3.07 (SD 0.50)

2.94 (SD 0.49)

Marital statusd

 Married

39 (61 %)

245 (75 %)

219 (79 %)

65 (59 %)

 Widowed

10 (16 %)

13 (4 %)

8 (3 %)

15 (14 %)

 Divorced

2 (3 %)

19 (6 %)

15 (5 %)

6 (5 %)

 Single

9 (14 %)

35 (11 %)

33 (12 %)

11 (10 %)

 Other/unknown

4 (6 %)

13 (4 %)

3 (1 %)

14 (13 %)

Mother’s educationd

 Primary or less

40 (63 %)

102 (31 %)

94 (34 %)

48 (43 %)

 Secondary

13 (20 %)

68 (21 %)

53 (19 %)

28 (25 %)

 College/university

7 (11 %)

149 (46 %)

130 (47 %)

26 (23 %)

 Missing

4 (6 %)

6 (2 %)

1 (0.4 %)

9 (8 %)

Father’s educationd, e

 Primary or less

11 (17 %)

44 (14 %)

41 (15 %)

14 (13 %)

 Secondary

25 (39 %)

84 (26 %)

63 (23 %)

46 (41 %)

 College/university

10 (16 %)

168 (52 %)

151 (54 %)

27 (24 %)

 Missing

18 (28 %)

29 (9 %)

23 (8 %)

24 (23 %)

Mother’s occupationd, e

 Employed

36 (56 %)

238 (73 %)

202 (73 %)

72 (65 %)

 Housewife

18 (28 %)

56 (17 %)

54 (19 %)

20 (18 %)

 Unemployed

6 (9 %)

24 (7 %)

21 (8 %)

9 (8 %)

 Not applicable or unknown

4 (6 %)

7 (2 %)

1 (0.4 %)

10 (9 %)

Father’s occupationd, e

 Employed

42 (66 %)

283 (87 %)

242 (87 %)

83 (75 %)

 Unemployed

3 (5 %)

10 (3 %)

10 (4 %)

3 (3 %)

 Not applicable or unknown

18 (28 %)

28 (9 %)

26 (9 %)

25 (22 %)

Asset index tertilesd, e

 Low

31 (48 %)

99 (30 %)

78 (28 %)

52 (47 %)

 Medium

24 (38 %)

109 (33 %)

99 (35 %)

36 (32 %)

 High

9 (14 %)

118 (36 %)

104 (37 %)

23 (21 %)

  1. aDefined inclusively as children either known negative or untested
  2. bHEU HIV-exposed, uninfected, HUU HIV-unexposed, uninfected
  3. cValues are mean (SD) or number (%)
  4. dDifferent between BFPH and CIGNIS, P < 0.05; t-tests used for age and birth weight, chi-square test for other variables
  5. eDifferent between HUU and HEU, P < 0.05, by chi-square test