Table 3 Association between maternal vitamin A supplementation and occurrence of common childhood ailments in HIV-positive women, sub-Saharan Africa
Supplementation status | Diarrhoea | Odds ratio (95% CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Crude | Adjusteda | |||
Freq | % | Freq | % | |||
Supplemented (n = 287) | 22 | 7.7 | 261 | 92.3 | 0.86 (0.50–1.48) | 0.89 (0.50–1.58) |
Non-supplemented (n = 454) | 40 | 8.8 | 414 | 91.2 | 1 | 1 |
Fever | ||||||
Yes | No | |||||
Freq | % | Freq | % | |||
Supplemented (n = 287) | 56 | 19.5 | 231 | 80.5 | 1.23 (0.84–1.80) | 1.19 (0.78–1.82) |
Non-supplemented (n = 454) | 75 | 16.5 | 379 | 83.5 | 1 | 1 |
ARI-related symptoms | ||||||
Yes | No | |||||
Freq | % | Freq | % | |||
Supplemented (n = 287) | 26 | 9.1 | 261 | 90.9 | 0.71 (0.43–1.16) | 0.65 (0.39–1.10) |
Non-supplemented (n = 454) | 56 | 12.3 | 398 | 87.7 | 1 | 1 |