High Baseline CD4 Count and Exclusive Breastfeeding Are Associated with Lower Rates of Mother to Child HIV Transmission in Northwestern Uganda: A Two-Year Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 1

Mother-baby pair sociodemographic and clinical characteristics at ARRH, Northwestern Uganda.

Variables	Number; (No. = 295)	Percentage; (% = 100.0)
Maternal age (years)
Less or equal 30	62	21.0
More than 30	233	89.0
Parity (children ever born)
Equals one	142	48.1
More than one	153	51.9
History of ANC visit
No	125	42.4
Yes	170	57.6
Baseline WHO clinical stage
I & II	251	85.1
III & IV	44	14.9
Place of delivery
Health facility	204	69.1
Home	91	30.9
Mode delivery
Spontaneous vaginal delivery	251	85.1
Caesarean section	44	14.9
NVP initiation after delivery
Never at all	35	11.9
After 6-weeks	3	1.0
From birth up to 6-weeks	257	87.1
Infant feeding option
Replacement feeding	5	1.7
Mixed feeding	45	15.3
Exclusive breast feeding	245	83.0

Note. ANC: antenatal care; WHO: World Health Organization.