Table 1.
Sociodemographic and Antenatal characteristics of HIV- positive and HIV-negative mothers of the newborns, University Teaching Hospital, July 2006-December 2007
| Variable | HIV+ mothers | HIV-mothers | P value |
| n=80 | n=160 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Mean age of the mothers (years) | 27.32 ± 5.20 | 26.99 ± 5.34 | 0.10 |
| Married mothers (n %) | 33 (41.3) | 89 (55.6) | 0.02 |
| College level of education (n %) | 48 (60) | 118 (73.8) | <0.001 |
| Income activity generating (n %) | 40 (50) | 63 (39.4) | 0.07 |
| History of pregnancy and delivery | |||
| Multiparity (n %) | 64 (80) | 120 (75) | 0.39 |
| Drug abuse (n %) | 6 (7.5) | 1 (0.6) | <0.001 |
| UTHY site of ANC | 46 (57.5) | 70 (43.8) | 0.03 |
| At least 4 ANC (n %) | 70 (87.5) | 117 (73.1) | <0.001 |
| Malaria in pregnancy (n %) | 19 (23.8) | 17 (10.6) | <0.001 |
| Anemia in pregnancy (n %) | 0 | 0 | |
| Syphilis (n %) | 1 (1.3) | 3 (1.9) | 0.58 |
| Malaria chemoprophylaxis (n %) | 71 (88.8) | 148 (92.5) | 0.18 |
| Anemia chemoprophylaxis (n %) | 73 (91.3) | 157 (98.1) | 0.01 |
| Gestational age ≤ 37 weeks (n %) | 22 (27.5) | 35 (21.9) | 0.41 |
| Normal delivery (n %) | 63 (78.8) | 115 (71.9 | 0.13 |
| Premature rupture of membranes (n %) | 25 (31.3) | 75 (46.9) | 0.01 |
| Choice of breastfeeding | 14 (17.5) | 154 (96.3) | <0.001 |
UTHY: University Teaching Hospital of Yaoundé