Research Article
HIV Prophylaxis in High Risk Newborns: An Examination of Sociodemographic Factors in an Inner City Context
Table 3
Differences in maternal characteristics between newborn-monotherapy dyads and newborn-triple therapy dyads.
| | Maternal characteristic | Newborn-monotherapy dyads
Mean (SE) or (%) | Newborn-triple therapy dyads
Mean (SE) or (%) | value |
| | Age (years) | 32 (0.7) | 28 () | <0.01 | | Country of origin | | | | | African | 49 (66%) | 11 (37%) | <0.01 | | Canadian | 14 (19%) | 18 (60%) | | Other | 11 (15%) | 1 (3%) | | Number of prenatal visits | 8 (0.5) | 4 (0.6) | <0.01 | | Final HIV status | | | | | Positive | 70 (83%) | 16 (43%) | <0.01 | | Negative | 14 (17%) | 21 (57%) | | Viral load of those who are HIV-positive | | | | | <50 copies/mL | 59 (87%) | 2 (15%) | <0.01 | | 50–1000 copies/mL | 9 (13%) | 6 (46%) | | >1000 copies/mL | 0 (0%) | 5 (38%) | | Partner involved | 50 (62%) | 17 (47%) | NS | | HIV status of father of newborn | | | | | Positive | 22 (59%) | 4 (29%) | NS | | Negative | 15 (41%) | 10 (71%) | | Substance use | 17 (21%) | 25 (69%) | <0.01 | | Smoker | 14 (17%) | 20 (67%) | <0.01 | | Living situation | | | | | Own home | 76 (89%) | 21 (57%) | <0.01 | | Homeless or living in shelter | 9 (11%) | 16 (43%) | | Health insurance (OHIP) | 68 (80%) | 29 (78%) | NS | | Social work referral | 51 (60%) | 33 (89%) | <0.01 | | Lost custody of previous children | 8 (16%) | 17 (68%) | <0.01 | | Sex work | 3 (4%) | 12 (34%) | <0.01 | | Employed | 29 (41%) | 4 (12%) | <0.01 | | Educated | 36 (90%) | 8 (47%) | <0.01 | | AZT intrapartum | 70 (82%) | 17 (47%) | <0.01 |
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Continuous variable, reported in mean (SE).
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