Table 1 Baseline maternal and 24-months outcomes infant characteristics according to feeding mode in the HIV exposed infants of the Essos hospital center PMTCT program
ERF N = 658 | EBF N = 405 | MF N = 14 | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Maternal characteristics | ||||
Age mean (SD) | 27.00 (5.35) | 27.53 (5.18) | 27.00 (4.88) | 0.30 |
Marital status—n(%) | 0.48 | |||
Single | 153 (36.51) | 96 (37.80) | 6 (54.55) | |
In relationship | 266 (63.49) | 158 (62.20) | 5 (45.45) | |
Parity—n(%) | 0.67 | |||
Multiparous | 278 (66.99) | 176 (70.40) | 8 (72.73) | |
Primiparous | 137 (33.01) | 74 (29.60) | 3 (27.27) | |
CD4 cells count--mean(SD) | 402.60 (230.72) | 472.16 (397.74) | 534.17 (107.39) | 0.003 |
OMS Stage—n(%) | 0.37 | |||
1 | 486 (96.05) | 312 (94.83) | 11 (100.00) | |
2 | 18 (3.56) | 11 (3.34) | 0 (0.00) | |
3 | 2 (0.40) | 5 (1.52) | 0 (0.00) | |
4 | 0 (0.00) | 1 (0.30) | 0 (0.00) | |
Occupation—n(%) | 0.75 | |||
Student | 35 (0.051) | 22 (0.032) | 2 (0.0029) | |
Formal sector | 140 (8.37) | 82 (8.73) | 5 (18.18) | |
Informal sector | 183 (33.49) | 116 (32.54) | 3 (45.45) | |
Housewife | 60 (43.78) | 32 (46.03) | 1 (27.27) | |
Infants characteristics | ||||
Birth weight—n(%) | 0.93 | |||
> =2500 g | 564 (89.81) | 350 (89.74) | 13 (92.86) | |
< 2500 g | 64 (10.19) | 40 (10.26) | 1 (7.14) | |
Survival state—n(%) | 0.29 | |||
Died | 11 (1.67) | 7 (1.73) | 1 (7.16) | |
Survivors | 647 (98.33) | 398 (98.27) | 13 (92.86) | |
HIV Status—n(%) | 0.011 | |||
Negative | 633 (96.20) | 394 (97.28) | 11 (78.57) | |
Positive | 25 (3.80) | 11 (2.72) | 3 (21.43) | |