Table 1.

Characteristics of eligible children according to their inclusion in the ANRS 12206 MONOD study, Abidjan, Ouagadougou, May 2011 to February 2013

	Total n=208	Not included n=47	Included n=161
Characteristics	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	p
Median child's age (in months) at first contact (IQR)	11.9 (6.4 to 17.3)	9.5 (5.7 to 17.0)	12.9 (6.6 to 17.3)	0.17*
Child's age at first contact (in months)				0.08
<12	105 (50.5)	29 (61.7)	76 (47.2)
≥12	103 (49.5)	18 (38.3)	85 (52.8)
Median child's age (in months) at first HIV diagnosis (IQR)	8.4 (2.9 to 15.6)	5.9 (2.4 to 13.0)	9.0 (3.4 to 16.0)	0.03*
Age at first HIV diagnosis (in months)				0.07
<2	29 (14.1)	10 (22.2)	19 (11.8)
≥2	177 (85.9)	35 (77.8)	142 (88.2)
Gender				0.87
Male	95 (45.7)	21 (44.7)	74 (46.0)
Female	113 (54.3)	26 (55.3)	87 (54.0)
Vital status of the father				<0.01
Alive	146 (70.2)	11 (23.4)	135 (83.8)
Deceased	10 (4.8)	1 (2.1)	9 (5.6)
Unknown/missing	52 (25.0)	35 (74.5)	17 (10.6)
Person accompanying child at the first contact				<0.01**
Mother alone	80 (38.5)	38 (80.8)	42 (26.1)
Father alone	3 (1.4)	0 (0.0)	3 (1.9)
Both parents	118 (56.7)	8 (17.0)	110 (68.4)
Legal guardian	2 (1.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (1.2)
Other	5 (2.4)	1 (2.2)	4 (2.4)
Mother still in touch with the child's father				0.02**
Yes	175 (84.1)	46 (97.9)	129 (80.1)
No	19 (9.1)	0 (0.0)	19 (11.8)
Deceased	10 (4.8)	1 (1.8)	9 (5.6)
Unknown	4 (2.0)	0 (2.1)	4 (2.5)
Father informed of the mother's HIV status (N=198***)				<0.01
Yes	124 (62.6)	20 (43.5)	104 (68.4)
No	66 (33.3)	25 (54.3)	41 (27.0)
Unknown	8 (4.1)	1 (2.2)	7 (4.6)
Father informed of his child's HIV status (N=198***)				<0.01**
Yes	123 (62.1)	20 (43.5)	103 (67.8)
No	74 (37.4)	26 (56.5)	48 (31.5)
Unknown	1 (0.51)	0 (2.1)	1 (0.7)

IQR: interquartile range

^*p-value from Wilcoxon rank-sum test

^**p-value from Fisher's exact test

^***excluding data for children whose fathers were deceased.