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. 2017 May 8;14:28. doi: 10.1186/s12981-017-0153-z

Table 2.

Infant characteristics by maternal HIV status

HIV negative HIV positive Total p value
N (556) % N (131) % N (667) %
Birth weight percentile (%) <0.748
 <3 28 5.23 4 3.05 32 4.80
 3 to <10 20 3.74 2 1.53 22 3.30
 ≥10 487 91.03 125 95.42 612 91.89
Gestational age (full/pre-term)
 <37 weeks 80 14.93 24 18.32 104 15.59 <0.337
HIV negative HIV positive Total p value
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Infant birth weight (kg) 3.01 0.58 3.03 0.58 3.02 0.58 <0.729
Infant head circumference (cm) 33.50 1.80 33.76 2.08 33.55 1.87 <0.944
Infant length (cm) 49.87 3.63 49.84 4.48 49.86 3.8 <0.153
Length of gestation (weeks) 38.39 2.45 38.21 3.07 38.35 2.58 <0.489

cm centimeters, kg kilograms