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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2017 Dec;36(12):1159–1164. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001677

Table 4. Logistic regression analyses for predictors of EID presentation for HIV-exposed infants born at MMH in Cape Town.

Variables found to be independently associated with the outcome of EID presentation were included in the multivariate model along with variables found to be significant from previous research.


Univariate Model Multivariate Model

Risk Factors Categories Crude OR 95% CI Adjusted OR 95% CI
Exposure to Birth Test No birth test - - -
Received birth test 0.46 (0.34–0.62) 0.60 (0.41–0.86)

Sex Male - -
Female 0.92 (0.69–1.23)

Birthweight Weight (g) 1.00 (0.99–1.00)
Normal birthweight - -
Low birthweight 0.79 (0.56–1.12)

Maternal Age Age (years) 1.01 (0.98–1.03)
Mature mother ( 24) - -
Adolescent mother (<24) 0.90 (0.62–1.29)

Gestation Gestation (weeks) 1.00 (0.95–1.07)
Full gestation - -
Preterm (<37) 0.93 (0.64–1.35)

Prima Gravida No - -
Yes 0.88 (0.62–1.25)

Race Black - -
Coloured 0.69 (0.43–1.09)
Foreign 0.37 (0.06–2.25)

Infant Feeding Breastfeeding - -
Formula 1.11 (0.75–1.66)

PMTCT Coverage Received ART 12+weeks - - - -
Received ART <12weeks 0.49 (0.350.69) 0.69 (0.41–1.02)
No ART 0.31 (0.180.54) 0.42 (0.220.76)

Default on Treatment No default recorded - -
Recorded default 0.94 (0.52–1.69)

Viral Load VL <1000 - -
VL >1000 0.70 (0.42–1.17)