Table 1. Characteristics of HIV-exposed infants and their mothers at infant enrollment into care, by calendar period, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
| Year of infant enrollment into care | ||||
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| 2007–2012 (N = 1707) | 2007–2008 (N = 335) | 2009–2010 (N = 730) | 2011–2012 (N = 642) | |
| Infants | ||||
| Median age in weeks (IQR) | 2.6 (2.1–6.4) | 2.9 (2.1–9.7) | 2.4 (2.1–6.0) | 2.6 (2.1–6.0) |
| Sex [N (%)] | ||||
| Female | 872 (51.1) | 175 (52.2) | 375 (51.4) | 322 (50.2) |
| Male | 835 (48.9) | 160 (47.8) | 355 (48.6) | 320 (49.8) |
| PMTCT regimen [N (%)] | ||||
| No | 243 (16.7) | 76 (29.7) | 119 (20.9) | 48 (7.7) |
| Yes | 1210 (83.3) | 180 (70.3) | 451 (79.1) | 579 (92.3) |
| Breastfeeding [N (%)] | ||||
| No | 123 (9.4) | 29 (13.1) | 58 (13.1) | 36 (5.6) |
| Yes | 1182 (90.6) | 193 (86.9) | 384 (86.9) | 605 (94.4) |
| Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis [N (%)] | ||||
| No | 86 (5.0) | 19 (5.7) | 28 (3.8) | 39 (6.1) |
| Yes | 1621 (95.0) | 316 (94.3) | 702 (96.2) | 603 (93.9) |
| Underweighta [N (%)] | ||||
| No | 1317 (79.7) | 248 (79.2) | 564 (79.1) | 505 (80.5) |
| Yes | 336 (20.3) | 65 (20.8) | 149 (20.9) | 122 (19.5) |
| Stuntedb [N (%)] | ||||
| No | 1268 (76.9) | 233 (75.6) | 545 (76.5) | 490 (77.9) |
| Yes | 381 (23.1) | 75 (24.4) | 167 (23.5) | 139 (22.1) |
| Mothers | ||||
| Median age in years (IQR) | 31 (27–35) | 31 (28–35) | 31 (27–34) | 31 (27–35) |
| Median days enrolled (IQR) | 94 (23–168) | 75 (32–129) | 89 (0–154) | 117 (23–531) |
| Newly enrolled during most recent pregnancy [N (%)] | ||||
| No | 296 (17.3) | 20 (6.0) | 94 (12.9) | 182 (28.3) |
| Yes | 1411 (82.7) | 315 (94.0) | 636 (87.1) | 460 (71.7) |
| PMTCT regimen [N (%)]c | ||||
| No | 376 (22.0) | 76 (22.7) | 176 (24.1) | 124 (19.3) |
| Yes | 1331 (78.0) | 259 (77.3) | 554 (75.9) | 518 (80.7) |
| cART initiated [N (%)]d | ||||
| No | 1232 (72.2) | 279 (83.3) | 563 (77.1) | 390 (60.7) |
| Yes | 475 (27.8) | 56 (16.7) | 167 (22.9) | 252 (39.3) |
cART, combination antiretroviral therapy; IQR, interquartile range; PMTCT, prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission. Covariate totals may not add up to the column totals due to missing data.
a
Underweight defined as weight-for-age Z-score −2 or less.
b
Stunted defined as height-for-age Z-score −2 or less.
c
Includes any maternal regimen (described in more detail in the methods section), including maternal cART if initiated before delivery.
d
Includes maternal cART initiated before infant enrollment.