Table 1.
Anthropometric and demographic indicators HIV-infected children (cohort 1), HIV-uninfected affected children (cohort 2), and control children (cohort 3).
| Cohort | P values | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All children (n=160) |
Cohort 1 HIV- infected (n=35) |
Cohort 2 HIV- affected (n=35) |
Cohort 3 Control (n=90) |
Cohort 1 vs. 3 |
Cohort 1 vs. 2 |
Cohort 2 vs. 3 |
|
|
Age, median (months) |
44.8 | 45.7 | 33.4 | 45.6 | 0.8971 | 0.6826 | 0.2186 |
|
Gender Male n (%) |
80 (50.0) | 15 (42.9) | 20 (57.1) | 45 (50.0) | 0.4729a | 0.2320a | 0.4729a |
|
Maternal orphans |
13 (8.1) | 10 (28.6) | 3 (8.6) | - | - | 0.0624a | - |
| WAZ < -2 SD | 49 (30.6) | 20 (57.1) | 14 (40.0) | 15 (16.7) | <0.0001a | 0.1513a | 0.0055a |
| HAZ < -2 SD | 39 (24.4) | 19 (54.3) | 14 (40.0) | 6 (6.7) | <0.0001a | 0.2312a | <0.0001a |
| WHZ < -2 SD | 27 (16.9) | 12 (34.3) | 5 (14.3) | 10 (11.1) | 0.0023a | 0.0510a | 0.7597b |
a
Based on Chi-squared test
b
Based on Fisher’s exact test