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Table 1 Characteristics of 708 ever followed-up children and their HIV-infected mothers

From: Growth of HIV-uninfected children born to HIV-infected mothers in Guangdong, China: an 18-month longitudinal follow-up study

Characteristics of subjects

n

%

Mothers’ age

 <25 years

170

24.01

 ≥25 years and < 35 years

442

62.43

 ≥35 years

96

13.56

Mothers’Educational leve

 Primary school and below

112

15.82

 Junior high school

401

56.64

 Senior high school

120

16.95

 College or university

43

6.07

 Unknown

32

4.52

Currentdwelling place

 Local city of registered residence

587

82.91

 Other citiesout of registered residence

121

17.09

Childbearing history of mothers

 Primipara

285

40.25

 Pluripara

423

59.75

Mothers’ hemoglobin contenta

 <100 g/L

179

25.28

 ≥100 g/L

529

74.72

Newborn preterm birth

 Yes

74

10.45

 No

634

89.55

Perinatal complicationsb

 Yes

112

15.82

 No

596

84.18

Mothers used ARVsa

 Yes

498

70.34

 No

210

29.66

CD4+ level of mothersa

 ≥500/mm3

60

8.47

 ≥350/mm3and < 500/mm3

41

5.79

 ≥200/mm3and < 350/mm3

44

6.21

 <200/mm3

43

6.07

 Unknown

520

73.45

Children gender

 Female

306

43.22

 Male

402

56.78

Children low birth weight

 Yes

98

13.84

 No

610

86.16

Children hospitalization

 Yes

36

5.08

 No

672

94.92

Infants feeding in 3 months

 Formula feeding

291

63.68

 Other feeding c

166

36.32

Infants feeding in 6 months

 Formula feeding

230

57.79

 Other feeding c

168

42.21

Newborns used ARVsd

 Yes

622

87.85

 No

86

12.15

  1. aThese characteristics were the status during pregnancy
  2. bPerinatal complicationsdidn’t included anemia and preterm
  3. cOther feeding included exclusive breast-feeding and others food mixed artificial feeding, there were only 9 children was exclusive breast-feeding in 3 month and only 1 child was exclusive breast-feeding in 6 month
  4. dARVs antiretroviral drugs