Clinical Study

Effect of Formula Feeding and Breastfeeding on Child Growth, Infant Mortality, and HIV Transmission in Children Born to HIV-Infected Pregnant Women Who Received Triple Antiretroviral Therapy in a Resource-Limited Setting: Data from an HIV Cohort Study in India

Table 2

Description of HIV-positive children.

No.EducationCD4 countMother’s ART regimenDays on ART before deliveryCaesarean sectionPrimiparaInstitutional deliveryNBP regimenDays on NBPBirth weight (kg)GenderFeeding typeVL at birthVL at 6–8 weeksType of HIV transmissionComments

1Secondary774AZT + 3TC
+ EFV
1NoYesYesAZT282.9FemaleFormulaNegativePositiveDelivery
2Secondary202AZT + 3TC
+ NVP
1YesYesYesAZT282.07MaleFormulaPositivePositiveIU
3No education144AZT + 3TC
+ NVP
12NoYesYesNVP1FemaleFormulaNot doneNot doneIU/delivery
4No education359AZT + 3TC
+ NFV
70YesYesYesAZT72.25FemaleBreastNot donePositiveIU/delivery
5No education251D4T + 3TC
+ EFV
71NoNoYesNVP1FemaleMixedNot doneNegativeBreastfeedingPoor adherence
6Higher306AZT + 3TC
+ NFV
83NoYesYesAZT72.75FemaleFormulaNot donePositiveIU/delivery
7Primary410AZT + 3TC
+ NFV
88NoNoYesAZT72.1FemaleBreastNot doneNegativeBreastfeeding
8Secondary402AZT + 3TC
+ NVP
91NoYesYesAZT72.2FemaleBreastNot doneNegativeBreastfeeding
9No education273AZT + 3TC
+   NVP
95YesNoYesAZT73.25FemaleMixedNot doneNegativeBreastfeeding
10Unknown299AZT + 3TC
+   NVP
356NoNoNoAZT + 3TC
+ NVP
422FemaleFormulaNot donePositiveIU/deliveryPoor adherence

ART: antiretroviral treatment; NBP: newborn prophylaxis; VL: viral load; AZT: zidovudine; 3TC: lamivudine; NVP: nevirapine; EFV: efavirenz; d4T, stavudine; NFV: nelfinavir; IU: intrauterus.