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)	value
		Negative (%)	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