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. 2012 Jan;107(1):118–128. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03609.x

Table 4.

Risk factors associated with mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

MTCT rate (%) Odds ratio (95% CI) Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI), P-value
IDU history
 No 205/3485 (5.9%) 1.00 1.00
 Yes 91/843 (10.8%) 1.94 (1.49–2.51) 1.32 (1.00–1.75) P = 0.049
Premature delivery
 No 247/3976 (6.2%) 1.00 1.00
 Yes 49/352 (13.9%) 2.44 (1.76–3.39) 1.61 (0.13–2.29) P = 0.08
Mode of delivery
 Vaginal 223/2676 (8.3%) 1.00 1.00
 Emergency CS 10/190 (5.3%) 0.61 (0.32–1.17) 0.69 (0.35–1.34) P = 0.28
 Elective CS 63/1462 (4.3%) 0.50 (0.37–0.66) 0.71 (0.18–0.96) P = 0.03
AN/IP PMTCT prophylaxis
 None 48/220 (21.8%) 1.00 1.00
 sdNVP 81/571 (14.2%) 0.59 (0.40–0.88) 0.61 (0.35–0.91) P = 0.01
 ZDV 75/1761 (4.3%) 0.16 (0.11–0.24) 0.21 (0.14–0.31) P < 0.001
 ZDV with sdNVP 85/1193 (7.1%) 0.28 (0.19–0.41) 0.36 (0.24–0.54) P < 0.001
 HAART 7/583 (1.2%) 0.04 (0.02–0.10) 0.06 (0.02–0.13) P < 0.001

AN: antenatal; IP: intrapartum; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; CS: caesarean section; IDU: injecting drug use; HAART: highly active antiretroviral therapy; PMTCT: prevention of mother-to-child transmission; sdNVP: single-dose nevirapine; ZDV: zidovudine.