Table 1.
| Table 1a. Baseline characteristics of the 134 enrolled caregivers and reported uptake of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 (PMTCT) interventions | ||
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| Number or median | Percent or IQR1 | |
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Caregiver characteristic | ||
| Age (years) | 27 | 24 – 31 |
| Female gender | 133 | 99% |
| Biological mother | 119 | 89% |
| Primary education2 | 127 | 95% |
| Married | 102 | 76% |
| Unemployed | 119 | 89% |
| Rooms in the house | 2 | 1 – 4 |
| Shared toilet3 | 95 | 71% |
| Tested for HIV-1 infection4 | 95 | 81% |
| HIV-1 infected5 | 62 | 72% |
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Infant feeding first 6 months of life (n=124) | ||
| Breast only | 36 | 29% |
| Formula or cow milk only | 27 | 22% |
| Breast plus other | 61 | 49% |
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ARVs6 for PMTCT(n = 119) | ||
| Used no ARVs | 53 | 44% |
| Only mother received | 5 | 4% |
| Only infant received | 9 | 8% |
| Both mother and infant received | 52 | 44% |
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| Table 1b. Baseline characteristics of the 134 children enrolled and tested for HIV-1 | ||
| Characteristic | Number or median | Percent or IQR1 |
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| Age (months) | 5.4 | 3.2 – 9.2 |
| Female gender | 72 | 54% |
| Mother alive | 127 | 95% |
| Father alive | 119 | 89% |
| Number of siblings | 2 | 2 –3 |
| Referred from the paediatric wards | 73 | 55% |
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Referral diagnosis2 | ||
| Pneumonia | 64 | 48% |
| Diarrhea | 33 | 25% |
| Malnutrition | 26 | 20% |
| Oral Candidiasis | 48 | 36% |
| Tuberculosis | 9 | 7% |
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Laboratory data | ||
| WBC3 (109/liter) | 10.5 | 7.4 –14.7 |
| TLC4 (109/liter) | 6.1 | 3.9 – 8.5 |
| CD4 count5(cells/mm3) | 1056 | 504 – 1670 |
| CD4%6 | 17 | 9.3 – 23.7 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dl) | 11.1 | 9.3 – 12.5 |
1
Interquartile ranges
2
Completed a minimum of eight years of education
3
Shared toilets with people outside the household
4
N= 117
5
N = 86
6
Antiretroviral medication
1
Interquartile range
2
Referral diagnosis in isolation or combination
3
White blood cell count
4
Total lymphocyte count
5
Absolute count of the CD4 subset of the T-lymphocyte cells
6
CD4 cells as a percentage of the total lymphocyte cell count