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 4

Multivariate analysis of predictors of MTCT of HIV in public general hospitals of West Guji Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 422).

Variables		COR (95% CI)	value	AOR (95% CI)	value
Residence	Urban			1
	Rural	2.3 (0.67–5.21)	0.225	1.9 (.455–7.921)	.380
Occupation	Employed			1
	Unemployed	2.7 (0.76–5.78)	0.151	.7 (.17–2.95)	0.655
Time of enrolment to PMTCT	Before pregnancy on HAART			1
	During pregnancy	2.2 (0.52–5.8)	.365	4 (0.828–20.129)	.084
	During L&D or after	9.3 (2.24–23.9)	0.001	6.84 (1.316–42.743)	.018
Disclosure status	Yes			1
	No	4.6 (1.36–9.65)	0.010	3.2 (0.886–12.198)	0.075
Last viral load during pregnancy	Undetectable			1
	Detectable	3.7 (1.10–8.09)	0.031	1.07 (.236–4.868)	0.928
Nutritional status during pregnancy	Not malnourished			1
	Malnourished	4.7 (1.38–9.83)	0.009	1.6 (.406–6.583)	0.490
Age of infant in weeks at enrolment	≤6 weeks			1
	>6 weeks	8.9 (2.59–19.1)	0.001	4.5 (1.102–16.1)	0.029
Adherence of infant for PMTCT	Good			1
	Fair	3.8 (0.94–9.87)	.063	3.9 (.860–17.58)	0.078
	Poor	14.0 (3.27–38.26)	0.001	5.4 (1.010–27.24)	0.047
Father’s enrolment to ART	Yes			1
	No	8.4 (2.34–18.57)	0.001	4.5 (1.187–15.724)	0.026
The WHO clinical stage of mother at baseline	Mild stage
	Advanced stage	6.2 (1.85–13.24)	0.001	3.6 (1.146–16.842)	0.047