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. 2019 Sep 9;22(9):e25378. doi: 10.1002/jia2.25378

Table 2.

Birth and infant growth outcomes by prenatal PrEP exposure

Overall (N = 1530) PrEP exposed (N = 206) PrEP unexposed (N = 1324) Unadjusted coeff. or OR (95% CI) Adjusted coeff. or OR (95% CI)
Mean or N (%) 95% CI Mean or N (%) 95% CI Mean or N (%) 95% CI
Birth outcomes
Gestational age at birth (weeks)a 38.5 38.3, 38.8 38.5 38.0, 39.0 38.6 38.3, 38.8 −0.05 (−0.49, 0.39) 0.0055 (−0.38, 0.39)
Preterm birthb 95 (6.4) 2.9, 13.6 7 (3.4) 1.9, 6.2 88 (6.9) 2.9, 15.6 0.48 (0.17, 1.38) 0.43 (0.15, 1.21)
Congenital malformationb 5 (0.3) 0.1, 1.3 0 (0.0) 5 (0.4) 0.1, 1.5
Birthweight (kg)a 3.3 3.3, 3.4 3.4 3.3, 3.5 3.3 3.3, 3.3 0.06 (−0.05, 0.16) 0.10* (0.0055, 0.20)
Low birthweightb 30 (2.2) 1.4, 3.3 1 (0.5) 0.1, 4.7 29 (2.5) 1.6, 3.7 0.73 (0.31, 1.73) 0.58 (0.20, 1.73)
Six week infant growth outcomes
Weight (kg)a 5.1 4.9, 5.2 5.0 4.9, 5.2 5.1 4.9, 5.2 −0.04 (−0.16, 0.07) −0.022 (−0.19, 0.14)
Absolute weight‐for‐age z‐score (WAZ)a 0.4 0.2, 0.6 0.4 0.1, 0.6 0.4 0.2, 0.6 −0.03 (−0.21, 0.14) 0.022 (−0.18, 0.23)
Moderate‐to‐severe underweightb 31 (2.6) 1.5, 4.7 4 (2.7) 1.1, 6.5 27 (2.6) 1.4, 4.9 1.07 (0.43, 2.66) 0.64 (0.17, 2.35)
Length (cm)a 55.8 55.1, 56.5 55.8 54.8, 56.8 55.8 55.1, 56.5 −0.03 (−0.93, 0.87) −0.27 (−1.37, 0.82)
Absolute length‐for‐age z‐score (LAZ)a 0.1 −0.3, 0.4 0.1 −0.3, 0.6 0.1 −0.3, 0.4 0.05 (−0.35, 0.45) −0.086 (−0.60, 0.43)
Moderate‐to‐severe stuntingb 104 (8.7) 6.4, 11.8 11 (7.6) 4.1, 13.6 93 (8.9) 6.3, 12.3 0.84 (0.40, 1.75) 1.38 (0.49, 3.92)
Weight‐for‐length (WHZ) Z‐scorea 0.6 0.3, 0.9 0.6 0.1, 1.2 0.6 0.2, 0.9 0.04 (−0.38, 0.46) 0.21 (−0.18, 0.61)
Moderate‐to‐severe wastingb 88 (73) 4.7, 11.4 9 (6.3) 2.4, 15.8 79 (7.5) 4.8, 11.6 0.81 (0.36, 1.81) 0.75 (0.26, 2.18)

Adjusted for gestational age at PrEP screening and Partner HIV status.

aCoefficient; bodds ratio.

*< 0.05.