Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of 324 HIV-positive women enrolled in Zambian Exclusive Breastfeeding Study (ZEBS) by whether antenatal counseling was couple or individual and by disclosure of HIV status to their husband or partner by 6 months postpartum.
| Individual counseling
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| Characteristic n (%) | Couple counselling: group I N = 91 | Disclosed status: group II N = 157 | Did not disclose status: group III N = 76 | Groups I vs II | Groups II vs III | Groups I vs III |
| Social | ||||||
| Married | 89 (97.8%) | 145 (92.4%) | 41 (53.9%) | 0.07 | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 |
| Living with husband/partner | 88 (96.7%) | 137 (87.3%) | 39 (51.3%) | 0.01 | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 |
| Education | ||||||
| Some secondary school for woman | 35 (38.5%) | 77 (49.0%) | 38 (50.0%) | 0.11 | 0.89 | 0.14 |
| Some secondary school for partnera | 66 (75.9%) | 105 (75.0%) | 53 (85.5%) | 0.88 | 0.10 | 0.15 |
| Economic | ||||||
| Woman employed | 26 (28.6%) | 57 (36.3%) | 22 (28.9%) | 0.21 | 0.27 | 0.96 |
| Husband/partner employed | 77 (84.6%) | 141 (89.8%) | 62 (81.6%) | 0.23 | 0.08 | 0.60 |
| Electricity in home | 26 (28.6%) | 59 (37.8%) | 34 (44.7%) | 0.14 | 0.31 | 0.03 |
| Indoor water source | 17 (18.7%) | 29 (18.5%) | 18 (23.7%) | 0.97 | 0.35 | 0.43 |
| Obstetric/medical | ||||||
| HIV/AIDS Stage IIIb | 55 (60.4%) | 74 (47.1%) | 37 (48.7%) | 0.04 | 0.82 | 0.13 |
| Median baseline CD4 cell count (× 106 cells/l) | 372 | 366 | 341 | 0.40 | 0.29 | 0.79 |
| Study compliance: > 80% attendance to 6-month visit | 84 (92.3%) | 138 (87.9%) | 64 (85.5%) | 0.37 | 0.13 | 0.21 |
a
Missing answers from husband’s education: group 1, n = 4; group 2, n = 17; group 3, n = 14.
b
World Health Organization Stage III HIV Infection & Disease Criteria: diarrhea, cough, fever > 30 days; shingles, severe rash, tuberculosis, oral candidiasis [17].