Table 3.

Bivariate analysis of background characteristics and Regimen type of HIV Positive mothers from Zambia SmartCare routinely collected data, 2007–2017.

		Infant HIV status
N = 1,444		Negative		Positive
Characteristic	Total	Frequency	(%)	Frequency	(%)	P-Value
Treatment group						0.003*
Option A/B	864	808	[93.5]	56	[6.5]
Option B+	580	563	[97.1]	17	[2.9]
Age categories (in years)						0.034*
15–24	123	118	[95.9]	5	[4.1]
25–34	697	651	[94.4]	46	[6.6]
35–50	624	602	[96.5]	22	[3.5]
Marital status						<0.001**
Single	136	136	[100.0]	0	[0.0]
Married	1,185	1,125	[94.9]	60	[5.1]
Divorced/Widowed	47	41	[87.2]	6	[12.8]
Education level						0.336**
None/Primary	660	629	[95.3]	31	[4.7]
Secondary	472	446	[94.5]	26	[5.5]
Tertiary	43	39	[90.7]	4	[9.3]
Parity						0.302**
0–1	710	669	[94.2]	41	[5.8]
2–4	588	560	[95.2]	28	[4.8]
5–8	145	141	[97.2]	4	[2.8]
Delivery mode						0.184**
Normal Delivery	1,386	1,316	[95.0]	70	[5.0]
Assisted	25	22	[88.0]	3	[12.0]
Cesarean	18	18	[100.0]	0	[0.0]
Current CD4 count						0.465*
11–349	330	309	[93.6]	21	[6.4]
350–499	255	232	[91.0]	23	[9.0]
500–1550	357	328	[91.9]	29	[8.1]
Had trouble taking pills						0.548**
No	1,008	954	[94.6]	54	[5.4]
Yes	11	11	[100.0]	0	[0.0]
Number of doses missed						0.525**
0	815	772	[94.7]	43	[5.3]
1 or more	12	12	[100.0]	0	[0.0]

Sample size = 1,444.

Median (IQR) age = 33 (28–38) years.

Mean baseline CD4⁺ cell count = 467 cells/ml (SD 246.5).

^*P-Values obtained using Pearson chi squared.

^**P-Values obtained using Fishers Exact.

Bold values represent a significance of p < 0.2.