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 2

Obstetric characteristics and HIV-exposed infant characteristics in general hospitals of West Guji Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 422).

Variables		Frequency	% (n = 422)	Last HIV test results of infants
				Positive (%)	Negative (%)
ANC follow-up	Yes	395	94	13 (3.0)	381 (90.0)
	No	27	6	3(1.0)	24 (6.0)
Number of ANC visit (n = 422)	≥4	267	63	2 (1.0)	265 (63.0)
	3	123	29	9 (2.0)	114 (27.0)
	1	3	1	2 (2.0)	2 (1.0)
Postnatal follow-up	Yes	270	64	9 (2.0)	260 (62.0)
	No	152	36	7 (2.0)	146 (35.0)
Gravidity	I	67	16	2 (1.0)	66 (16.0)
	II	160	38	6 (1.0)	155 (37.0)
	III and above	194	46	8 (2.0)	185 (44.0)
Number of children (parity)	1	86	20	2 (1.0)	84 (20.0)
	2	160	38	9 (2.0)	151 (36.0)
	≥3	176	42	5 (1.0)	171 (40.0)
Place of delivery	Health institution	412	98	14 (3.0)	398 (94.0)
	Home	12	3	3 (1.0)	9 (2.0)
Mode of delivery	SVD	346	82	14 (3.0)	332 (79.0)
	CS	77	18	2 (1.0)	74 (18.0)
Sex of infant	Male	226	53	8 (2.0)	216 (51.0)
	Female	198	47	8 (2.0)	189 (45.0)
Birth weight in KG	≥2.5	391	93	14 (3.0)	378 (90.0)
	<2.5	33	8	3 (1.0)	30 (7.0)
Growth pattern	Normal	379	90	3 (1.0)	375 (89.0)
	Growth failure	44	10	13 (3.0)	31 (7.0)
Feeding practice before six months age	EBF	413	98	1 (0.0)	398 (4.0)
	ERF	10	2	1 (0.0)	10 (2.0)
Feeding practice after six months	BF + CF	400	95	14 (3.0)	385 (91.0)
	Stop BF	24	6	2 (1.0)	22 (5.0)
Duration of BF in weeks	≤ 48 weeks	199	47	10 (2.0)	192 (45.0)
	>48 weeks	226	53	10 (2.0)	214 (51.0)
ARV prophylaxis at birth for six weeks	Yes	398	94	3 (1.0)	394 (93.0)
	No	24	6	12 (3.0)	13 (3.0)
Age in weeks at enrolment to PMTCT	≤6	345	82	5 (1.0)	338 (80.0)
	>6	78	18	9 (2.0)	69 (16.0)
Adherence of infant	Good	320	76	7 (2.0)	29 (7.0)
	Fair	78	18	5 (1.0)	47 (11.0)
	Poor	24	6	5 (1.0)	35 (8.0)
Father’s ART enrolment(n = 422)	Enrolled	259	61	6 (1.0)	251 (60.0)
	Not enrolled	45	11	10 (2.0)	38 (9.0)