Infant Growth and Clinical Outcomes | Infants Exposed to HIV | Infants Not Exposed to HIV | P Value |
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Infant Growth, WHO Z scores (median [IQR]) | |||
Age 3 months | n = 123 | n = 107 |  |
 WAZ | 0.27 (− 0.41; 0.88) | 0.03 (− 0.69; 1.03) | 0.360 |
 LAZ | 0.91 (− 0.24; 1.72) | − 1.63 (− 3.60; − 0.31) | < 0.001 |
 WLZ | − 0.19 (− 1.26; 0.76) | 2.09 (0.16; 3.79) | < 0.001 |
Age 6 months | n = 123 | n = 67 |  |
 WAZ | 0.31 (− 0.38; 0.85) | 0.54 (− 0.40; 1.25) | 0.115 |
 LAZ | 0.51 (− 0.48; 1.47) | − 0.37 (− 1.59; 0.99) | 0.001 |
 WLZ | 0.17 (− 0.81; 0.79) | 0.92 (0.28; 2.15) | < 0.001 |
Age 9 months | n = 123 | n = 49 |  |
 WAZ | 0.41 (−0.39; 0.97) | 0.85 (− 0.03; 1.82) | 0.007 |
 LAZ | 0.77 (− 0.22; 1.93) | 0.13 (− 0.58; 1.37) | 0.077 |
 WLZ | 0.05 (−0.67; 0.71) | 0.97 (− 0.21; 2.15) | < 0.001 |
Growth Faltering n (%) | |||
Age 3 months | |||
 Underweight | 2 (1.6) | 9 (8.18) | 0.026 |
 Stunting | 5 (3.96) | 48 (44.9) | < 0.001 |
 Wasting | 11 (8.73) | 6 (5.61) | 0.452 |
Age 6 months | |||
 Underweight | 4 (3.23) | 1 (1.49) | 0.659 |
 Stunting | 6 (4.84) | 14 (20.9) | < 0.001 |
 Wasting | 9 (7.26) | 3 (4.48) | 0.545 |
Age 9 months | |||
 Underweight | 1 (0.82) | 0 | 1.000 |
 Stunting | 7 (5.74) | 1 (2.0) | 0.440 |
 Wasting | 2 (1.64) | 2 (4.0) | 0.581 |
Infants with 1 or more episodes n(%) | |||
 Rash/Skin Disease | 59 (44.4) | 20 (12.8) | < 0.0001 |
 Fever | 1 (0.8) | 6 (3.9) | 0.129 |
 URTI | 40 (30.1) | 17 (10.9) | < 0.0001 |
 Acute GE | 7 (5.3) | 5 (3.2) | 0.395 |
 LRTI | 4 (3.0) | 4 (2.6) | 1.000 |