AIDS Research and Treatment / 2022 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
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 3 Bivariate analysis of predictors of MTCT of HIV in public general hospitals of West Guji Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 422).
Variables HIV test result of HEI COR(95% CI) valueNegative (%) Positive (%) Residence Urban 315 10 1 Rural 91 6 1.8 (0.67–5.21) 0.225 Occupation Employed 216 6 Unemployed 189 10 0.763–5.783 0.151 Time of knowing HIV status of mother Before pregnancy 278 10 During pregnancy or after 128 6 1.2 (0.42–3.25) 0.75 Time of enrolment to PMTCT Before pregnancy on HAART 251 6 1 During pregnancy 120 5 1.7 (0.52–5.8) 0.365 During labor and delivery or after 34 6 7.3 (2.24–23.9) 0.001 Disclosure status Yes 310 8 1 No 95 8 3.6 (1.36–9.65) 0.01 Last viral load during pregnancy Undetectable 329 9 1 Detectable 77 7 2.9 (1.10–8.09) 0.031 Nutritional status during pregnancy Not malnourished 328 8 1 Malnourished 79 7 3.7 (1.38–9.83) 0.009 Sex of HEI Male 216 8 1 Female 188 8 1.01 (.38–2.69) 0.971 Age of infant in weeks at enrolment to PMTCT ≤6 338 7 1 >6 69 9 7 (2.59–19.1) 0 Adherence of infant for PMTCT drugs Good 313 6 1 Fair 73 6 3 (0.94–9.87) 0.063 Poor 20 5 11 (3.27–8.26) 0 Father’s enrolment to ART Enrolled 251 7 1 Not enrolled 37 7 6.6 (2.34–18.57) 0 Postnatal follow-up Yes 259 9 1 No 146 6 .463–3.326 0.668 The WHO stage of mother at baseline Mild stage 331 7 1 Advanced stage 74 8 4.9 (1.85–13.24) 0.001