Table 1.

Maternal characteristics by timing of ART initiation in Option B+ Programme

	ART Initiation During Pregnancy N = 1986	ART Initiation During Breastfeeding N = 969	P-value
Age
< 30 years	1293 (65.4 %)	565 (58.5 %)	< 0.001
> 30 years	685 (34.6 %)	401 (41.5 %)
Health Facility Sizea
Small (< 100)	45 (2.3 %)	29 (3.0 %)	0.06
Medium (100–500)	1674 (84.3 %)	836 (86.3 %)
Large (> 500)	267 (13.4 %)	104 (10.7 %)
WHO Clinical Stage at Initiation
Stage 1	1241 (62.5 %)	536 (55.3 %)	< 0.001
Stage 2	119 (6.0 %)	87 (9.0 %)
Stage 3–4	75 (3.8 %)	95 (9.8 %)
Not documented	551 (27.7 %)	251 (25.9 %)
Adherence Rates
> 95 %	1330 (97.4 %)	766 (98.3 %)	0.18
< 95 %	35 (2.6 %)	13 (1.7 %)

^aBased on number of patients on ART at health facility