Table 2. Health status of surviving mothers at 18–20 months postpartum by HIV status.
| HIV-infected(N = 173) | HIV-uninfected (N = 214) | RR* (95%CI) | p-value | ||
| Currently pregnant | No | 139 (85.8) | 194 (90.7) | 0.409 | |
| Yes | 22 (13.6) | 19 (8.9) | |||
| Unknown | 1 (0.6) | 1(0.5) | |||
| Mother’s BMI | Underweight (<18.5) | 23 (13.3) | 31 (14.5) | 0.094 | |
| Normal (18.5–24.9) | 120 (69.4) | 162 (75.7) | |||
| Overweight (>25) | 21 (12.1) | 18 (8.4) | |||
| Unknown | 9 (5.2) | 3 (1.4) | |||
| Perceived health status | Excellent | 63 (38.9) | 130 (60.8) | 1 | 0.001 |
| Good | 61 (37.7) | 58 (27.1) | 2.2 (1.4–3.5) | ||
| Fair | 33 (20.4) | 26 (12.2) | 2.6 (1.4–4.8) | ||
| Poor | 5 (3.1) | 0 | – | ||
| Functional health status | Normal activity/work | 86 (53.1) | 179 (83.6) | 1 | 0.001 |
| Normal activity/work; minor signsand symptoms of disease | 53 (32.7) | 29 (13.6) | 3.8 (2.3–6.4) | ||
| Normal activity/work; major signsand symptoms of disease | 15 (9.3) | 5 (2.3) | 6.2 (2.2–17.7) | ||
| Unable to work; can performself-care | 2 (1.2) | 1 (0.5) | 4.2 (0.4–46.5) | ||
| Unable to work; needs occasionalassistance for self-care | 2 (1.2) | 0 | . | ||
| Unable to care for self; needsconsiderable assistance | 4 (2.5) | 0 | . | ||
| Unable to care for self; severelydisabled/total care | 0 | 0 | . |
*
Unadjusted for other variables.