Table 1 Characteristics of study participants at enrollment for both cohorts, Uganda 2017–2019.
Maternal characteristics | Mother living with HIV n (col %) | Mother living without HIV n (col %) |
|---|---|---|
Maternal age (years) at enrollment | ||
15–19 | 78 (6.1%) | 1990 (18.5%) |
20–24 | 334 (25.9%) | 4387 (40.7%) |
25 and older Missing | 872 (67.6%) 6 (0.5%) | 4368 (40.5%) 40 (0.4%) |
Highest education level Tertiary/technical/university Secondary, 5–6 Secondary, 1–4 Primary, 1–7 No education DK | 26 (2.0%) 18 (1.4%) 274 (21.2%) 830 (64.3%) 141 (10.9%) 1 (0.1%) | 365 (3.4%) 191 (1.8%) 2707 (25.1%) 6368 (59.0%) 1148 (10.6) 6 (0.1%) |
Marital status | ||
Never married | 138 (10.7%) | 748 (6.9%) |
Married | 947 (73.4%) | 8712 (80.8%) |
Co-habitating | 125 (9.7%) | 1082 (10.0%) |
Missing | 80 (6.2%) | 243 (2.3%) |
Health facility level | ||
Hospital (general and regional referral hospital) | 128 (9.9%) | 648 (6.0%) |
Health center IV | 212 (16.4%) | 996 (9.2%) |
Health center III | 367 (28.5%) | 3327 (30.9%) |
Health center II | 566 (43.9%) | 5582 (51.8%) |
Clinic | 17(1.3%) | 232 (2.2%) |
Number of pregnancies | ||
1 | 145 (11.2%) | 2987 (27.7%) |
2–3 | 504 (39.1%) | 4210 (39.0%) |
4–5 | 356 (27.6%) | 1913 (17.7%) |
6 or more Missing | 219 (17.0%) 66 (5.1%) | 1221 (11.3%) 454 (4.2%) |
Mother attended antenatal care | ||
No | 33 (2.6%) | 582 (5.4%) |
Yes | 1257 (97.4%) | 10,203 (94.6%) |
Infant characteristics | (n = 1,303) | (n = 10,885) |
Infant age at enrollment* | ||
Less than 8 weeks | 584 (44.8%) | 4448 (40.9%) |
8 weeks or older Missing | 714 (54.8%) 5 (0.4%) | 6393 (58.7%) 44 (0.4%) |
Infant birth weight | ||
Less than 2.5 kg | 82 (6.3%) | 570 (5.2%) |
2.5 kg or more Missing | 913 (70.1%) 308 (23.6%) | 7042 (64.7%) 3273 (30.1%) |
Documented infant receipt of BCG vaccine | ||
Yes | 981 (89.7%) | 7893 (91.4%) |
No | 113 (10.3%) | 740 (8.6%) |
Infant feeding method last 7 days | ||
Exclusively breastfed | 1149 (88.2%) | 9243 (84.9%) |
Mixed feeding | 134 (10.3%) | 1465 (13.5%) |
Replacement feeding Missing | 7 (0.5%) 13 (1.0%) | 17 (0.2%) 160 (1.5%) |
