Table 2a.
Demographic and clinical differences between HIV-infected and -uninfected children
| HIV-Infected N=56 |
HIV-Uninfected N=1020 |
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| Selected Factors | N/mean (%/SD) | N/mean (%/SD) | P-value |
| Homa Bay Site | 38 (67.9%) | 525 (51.5%) | 0.017 |
| Age in months | 49.7 (40.4) | 31.3 (31.1) | <0.001 |
| Income <5,000 KSH | 29 (52.7%) | 400 (39.3%) | 0.048 |
| # persons/room in house | 2.4 (1.2) | 2.4 (1.4) | 0.73 |
| Unprotected water source a | 16 (29.1%) | 133 (13.1%) | 0.001 |
| Household treats drinking water | 46 (82.1%) | 749 (73.4%) | 0.15 |
| Accompanied by biological mother | 48 (85.7%) | 950 (93.1%) | 0.037 |
| Child <24 months and currently breast-feeding b | 9 (50%) | 437 (80.5%) | 0.002 |
| # months exclusively breastfed c | 4.8 (1.9) | 5.0 (1.8) | 0.329 |
| Child took cotrimoxazole in last 7 days | 13 (23.2%) | 55 (5.4%) | <0.001 |
| Stunted (HAZ<−2) | 18 (34.6%) | 153 (15.9%) | <0.001 |
| Wasted (WHZ<−2) | 12 (29.3%) | 190 (21.1%) | 0.212 |
| Moderate to Severe Diarrhea | 23 (41.1%) | 292 (28.6%) | 0.046 |
| Rectal swab taken | 8 (14.3%) | 87 (8.5%) | 0.140 |
| Blood in stool | 1 (1.8%) | 13 (1.3%) | 0.529 |
a
Unprotected well, unprotected spring, or surface water
b
Among 18 HIV-infected children and 544 HIV-uninfected children
c
When considering only the subset of children < 24 months of age: mean # of months exclusively breastfed were 5.2 (SD: 1.8) vs. 5.1 (SD: 1.8), p=0.861.