A Retrospective Study of Incidence and Predictors on Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV among HIV-Exposed Infants in West Guji Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of mothers of HIV-exposed infants in general hospitals of West Guji Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 422).

Variables		Frequency	% (n = 422)	HIV test results of infants
				Positive (%)	Negative (%)
The WHO clinical stage at baseline	Mild stage (I, II)	350	83	10 (2.0)	304 (72.0)
	Advanced stage (III, IV)	72	17	10 (2.0)	98 (23.0)
The WHO clinical stage at last visit of pregnancy	Mild stage (I, II)	400	95	3 (1.0)	398 (94.0)
	Advanced stage (III, IV)	22	5	7 (2.0)	14 (3.0)
CD4 count at baseline	≥500	72	17	0 (0.0)	48 (11.0)
	351–499	89	21	0 (0.0)	112 (27.0)
	200–350	175	41	3 (1.0)	176 (42.0)
	<200	86	20	10 (2.0)	73 (17.0)
CD4 count at pregnancy (n = 422)	≥500	166	39	1 (0.0)	186 (44.0)
	351–499	126	30	0 (0.0)	122 (29.0)
	200–350	86	20	3 (1.0)	83 (20.0)
	<200	44	10	8 (2.0)	19 (5.0)
Functional status at baseline	Working	298	71	7 (2.0)	248 (59.0)
	Ambulatory	113	27	7 (2.0)	109 (26.0)
	Bedridden	11	3	7 (2.0)	44 (10.0)
Time of knowing HIV status	Before pregnancy	294	70	9 (2.0)	277 (66.0)
	During pregnancy or after	128	30	5 (1.0)	131 (31.0)
Enrolment to PMTCT	Yes	396	94	14 (3.0)	312 (74.0)
	No	26	6	14 (3.0)	82 (19.0)
Time of enrolment to PMTCT	Before pregnancy on HAART	272	64	5 (1.0)	188 (45.0)
	During pregnancy	118	28	5 (1.0)	142 (34.0)
	During labor and delivery or after	32	8	5 (1.0)	77 (18.0)
ART adherence at last visit of pregnancy	Good	268	64	7 (2.0)	294 (70.0)
	Fair	86	20	3 (1.0)	68 (16.0)
	Poor	68	16	3 (1.0)	47 (11.0)
OIs at base line	No	182	43	2 (0.0)	211 (50.0)
	Yes	240	57	12 (3.0)	197 (47.0)
Disclosure status	Yes	316	75	7 (2.0)	322 (76.0)
	No	106	25	7 (2.0)	86 (20.0)
Last viral load during pregnancy	Undetectable	324	77	8 (2.0)	329 (78.0)
	Detectable	98	23	6 (1.0)	79 (19.0)
Nutritional status during pregnancy	Not malnourished	335	79	7 (2.0)	322 (76.0)
	Malnourished	87	21	6 (1.0)	89 (21.0)