Table 1.

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics among HIV-infected mothers^* and children born to HIV-infected mothers, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Characteristic	n	%†
Maternal age (years)
<20	78	12
20–24	260	39
25–29	216	32
≥30	112	17
Maternal education (years)
0–8	596	89
≥9	70	11
Maternal occupation
Housewife	487	73
Other	179	27
Partner’s education (years)
0–8	383	65
≥9	206	35
Maternal BMI 6 weeks after delivery (kg/m2)
<18·50	52	9
18·50–24·99	433	74
≥25·00	102	17
Maternal baseline Hb (g/dl)
<8·5	167	25
≥8·5	491	75
Maternal WHO HIV disease stage
I	539	81
II or above	126	19
Maternal CD4+ T-cell count (cells/μl)
0–199	66	10
200–499	369	58
≥500	199	31
Maternal viral load (copies/ml)
<50 000	166	54
≥50 000	142	46
Child HIV status at 3 months
Not infected	533	81
Infected	128	19
Child MUAC at age <3 months (cm)
<13	137	33
≥13	278	67

^*The women were at 12–27 weeks of gestation at enrolment.

^†Percentages may not total 100 because of rounding.