Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics for Ugandan HIV-Infected Mothers of Infants born HIV-Uninfected in the HIVNET 012 and HIVIGLOB/NVP Trials
| Mothers with HIV- Uninfected Infants |
HIVNET 012 TRIAL | HIVIGLOB/NVP TRIAL |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| N= 623 | N= 684 | ||
| Age Mean (years) (SD) | 24.6 (4.3) | 25.8 (4.9) | <0.001* |
| Parity Median (IQR) | 3.0 (2 - 4) | 3.0 (2 - 4) | 0.26* |
| Marital status | |||
| Married/stable union | 535 (85.9 %) | 587 (85.8%) | |
| Single ( i.e., never married, separated, widowed, divorced) |
88 (14.1 %) | 97 (14.2%) | 0.96† |
| Education | |||
| Primary or less | 400 (64.7 %) | 384 (56.2%) | |
| Secondary or more | 218 (35.3 %) | 299 (43.8%) | 0.002† |
| Occupation | |||
| House wife | 477 (79.4 %) | 476 (69.6%) | |
| Employed, Other | 124 (20.6 %) | 208 (30.4%) | 0.001 † |
|
Breastfeeding Cessation
(Age of Infant) |
|||
| Median(months) (IQR) | 9.3‡(6.1 – 15.0) | 4.0 ‡(2.8 – 6.0) | <0.001§ |
|
Baseline Absolute CD4 cell
counts |
|||
| Median (IQR) | 450 (278 - 646) | 424 (279 -587) | 0.25* |
| Baseline Viral Load | |||
| Median (IQR) | 25090 (7367 - 73797) | 34222 (8388 -119711) | 0.052* |
Based on the 2-sample t-test
Based on Pearson’s Chi-squared Test with Yates Continuity correction
Based on a Kaplan-Meier estimate
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