Table 1. Baseline characteristics of 263 mother-infant pairs.
| Total* | ||
|---|---|---|
| N | (%) | |
| Antiretroviral randomization | ||
| Maternal antiretroviral | 129 | (49) |
| Infant nevirapine | 134 | (51) |
| Nutritional randomization | ||
| No supplement | 125 | (48) |
| Received supplement | 138 | (52) |
| Mothers: | ||
| Age (years) | ||
| 15-25 | 144 | (55) |
| 26-35 | 105 | (40) |
| 36-45 | 13 | (5) |
| Education (primary school only) | 173 | (66) |
| Married | 242 | (92) |
| Parity ≥1 | 227 | (86) |
| CD4+ count per mm3 | ||
| 200-350 | 95 | (36) |
| 351-500 | 81 | (31) |
| >500 | 87 | (33) |
| Plasma viral load copies/ml | ||
| ≤ 1,000 | 20 | (8) |
| 1,001-10,000 | 60 | (23) |
| > 10,000 | 181 | (69) |
| Hemoglobin <11 g/dl | 160 | (61) |
| Antiretroviral regimen** | ||
| Nevirapine based | 5 | (4) |
| Nelfinavir based | 29 | (26) |
| Lopinavir/ritonavir based | 78 | (70) |
| Infants: | ||
| Sex (female) | 139 | (53) |
| Birth weight <2.5 kg | 27 | (10) |
*
Maternal age is missing for 1 mother, baseline plasma viral load is missing for 2 mothers, and antiretroviral (ARV) regimen is missing for 17 mothers assigned to maternal ARVs
**
Among mothers randomized to maternal ARV arm