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Published in final edited form as: Sci Transl Med. 2016 Jul 27;8(349):349ra100. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf5103

Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of 50 mothers from Port Au Prince, Haiti.

Half of the mothers were HIV-infected.

Maternal Characteristics	HIV+ mothers (N=25)	HIV− mothers (N=25)	p-value
Maternal Age (years)
Mean (Standard deviation)	30.2 (5.3)	27.1 (7.5)
Median (Interquartile range)	31 (28, 34)	27 (20, 31)	0.06
Use of antibiotics during pregnancy or post-partum period (%)	18 (72)	10 (40)	0.02
Vaginal delivery (%)	19 (76)	24 (96)	0.10
Delivery at home (%)	10 (42)	11 (44)	0.87
Term delivery (%)	23 (92)	22 (88)	0.64
Body Mass Index (kg/m²)
Mean (SD)	24.7 (4.2)	21.9 (2.8)
Median (IQR)	25.3 (21.1, 27.5)	21.4 (20.3, 23.4)	0.023
Maternal Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (cm)
Mean (SD)	25.6 (5.5)	26.0 (4.0)
Median (IQR)	27 (23, 29.0)	26 (24, 28)	0.59
Exclusive breastfeeding (%)	20 (80)	19 (76)	0.73
Breast problems: Cracked nipples, clogged ducts, mastitis (%)	10 (40)	9 (36)	0.77