Postpartum vitamin A supplementation for HIV-positive women is not associated with mortality and morbidity of their breastfed infants: evidence from multiple national surveys in sub-Saharan Africa

Table 2 Association between maternal vitamin A supplementation and early infant mortality in HIV-positive women, sub-Saharan Africa

Vitamin A supplementation status	Survival status				Odds ratio
	Deceased		Alive		Crude	Adjusted^a
	Freq	%	Freq	%
Supplemented (n = 319)	32	10.0	287	90.0	0.78 (0.50–1.22)	1.10 (0.57–2.13)
Non-supplemented (n = 519)	65	12.5	454	87.5	1	1

^a Adjusted for geographic region of the country, place of delivery, utilization of postnatal care, sex of the newborn, type of household sanitation facility, number of under five children in the household and Frequency of watching television

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