Table 3a.
Demographic and clinical differences between HEU and HIV-unexposed children
| HEU N=105 |
HIV-unexposed N=821 |
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| Characteristic | N/Mean (%/SD) | N/mean (%/SD) | P-value |
| Homa Bay Site | 92 (87.6%) | 398 (48.5%) | <0.001 |
| Age in months | 25.2 (20.1) | 30.3 (29.6) | 0.092 |
| Income <5,000 KSH | 68 (64.8%) | 301 (36.8%) | <0.001 |
| # persons/room in house | 4.9 (1.6) | 4.8 (1.7) | 0.6305 |
| Unprotected water source | 30 (28.6%) | 91 (11.1%) | <0.001 |
| Household treats drinking water | 92 (87.6%) | 589 (71.8%) | <0.001 |
| Child <24 months and currently breast-feeding a | 32 (53.3%) | 380 (85.8%) | <0.001 |
| # months exclusively breastfed b | 5.4 (1.6) | 5.0 (1.9) | 0.096 |
| Child took cotrimoxazole in last 7 days | 19 (18.1%) | 33 (4.0%) | <0.001 |
| Stunted (HAZ<−2) | 25 (24.5%) | 117 (15.2%) | 0.016 |
| Wasted (WHZ<−2) | 26 (26.5%) | 148 (20.2%) | 0.145 |
| Moderate to Severe Diarrhea | 35 (33.3%) | 224 (27.3%) | 0.193 |
| Rectal swab taken | 14 (13.3%) | 67 (8.2%) | 0.077 |
| Blood in stool | 0 (0%) | 10 (1.2%) | 0.614 |
a
Among 60 HEU and 443 HIV-unexposed children
b
When considering only the subset of children < 24 months of age the mean # of months exclusively breastfed were 5.3 (SD: 1.5) vs. 5.1 (SD: 1.9), p=0.235