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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Aug;35(8):894–900. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001199

Table 2.

Relationship of Infant HIV Infection Status with Adverse Infant Outcomes among Infants Born to HIV-infected Women with Any Sexually Transmitted Infection (CT/NG Including CT & NG Co-infection)

Total HIV-
infected
HIV-
uninfected
Unadjusted
Adjusted
(N=277) (N=28) (N=249)
n (col %) n (row %) n (row %) OR (95% CI) p-
value
OR (95% CI) p-value
Any of the
following
Adverse
Infant
Outcomes
No 154 (55.6) 8 (5.2) 146 (94.8) 1.00 1.00
Yes 123 (44.4) 20 (16.3) 103 (83.7) 3.54 (1.50 - 8.36) 0.004 3.45 (1.43 -
8.31)
0.006
Sepsis
No 264 (95.3) 26 (9.8) 238 (90.2) 1.00 1.00
Yes 13 (4.7) 2 (15.4) 11 (84.6) 1.66 (0.35 - 7.92) 0.52 1.52 (0.31 -
7.40)
0.60
Pneumonia
No 261 (94.2) 23 (8.8) 238 (91.2) 1.00 1.00
Yes 16 (5.8) 5 (31.3) 11 (68.8) 4.70 (1.50 - 14.72) 0.008 4.74 (1.51 -
14.90)
0.008
Congenital
Syphilis
No 261 (94.2) 25 (9.6) 236 (90.4) 1.00 --
Yes 16 (5.8) 3 (18.8) 13 (81.3) 2.18 (0.58 - 8.17) 0.25 --
Septic
Arthritis
No 277 (100) 28 (10.1) 249 (89.9) -- --
Yes 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) -- --
Conjunctivitis
No 275 (99.3) 28 (10.2) 247 (89.8) 1.00 1.00
Yes 2 (0.7) 0 (0.0) 2 (100) 3.69 (0 – 31.24) 1.0 3.92 (0 – 33.21) 1.0
Death
No 269 (97.1) 25 (9.3) 244 (90.7) 1.00 1.00
Yes 8 (2.9) 3 (37.5) 5 (62.5) 5.86 (1.32 - 25.97) 0.02 6.30 (1.41 – 28.14) 0.016
Low Birth
Weight
≥ 2500g 218 (78.7) 22 (10.1) 196 (89.9) 1.00 1.00
<2500g 59 (21.3) 6 (10.2) 53 (89.8) 1.01 (0.39 - 2.61) 0.99 0.95 (0.36 -
2.50)
0.92
Gestational
Age
≥ 37 weeks 241 (87.0) 22 (9.1) 219 (90.9) 1.00 1.00
<37 weeks 36 (13.0) 6 (16.7) 30 (83.3) 1.99 (0.75 - 5.30) 0.17 2.08 (0.77 -
5.57)
0.15

CT= Chlamydia trachomatis. NG= Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

OR: odds ratio. CI: confidence interval. OR calculated by univariate or exact logistic regression as necessary.

Each adverse infant outcome was adjusted for maternal syphilis status using multivariable logistic regression.