Research Article
HIV Prophylaxis in High Risk Newborns: An Examination of Sociodemographic Factors in an Inner City Context
Table 5
Summary of groups in secondary analysis and differences in neonatal characteristics between groups.
| | Neonatal characteristic | Group 1
Mean (SD) or (%) | Group 2
Mean (SD) or (%) | Group 3
Mean (SD) or (%) | Group 4
Mean (SD) or (%) | value |
| | Distribution of groups | 62 (52%) | 22 (19%) | 20 (17%) | 14 (12%) | N/A | | Newborn ARV regimen | | | | | | | Monotherapy | 60 (97%) | 9 (41%) | 9 (45%) | 4 (29%) | <0.01 | | Triple therapy | 2 (3%) | 13 (59%) | 11 (55%) | 10 (71%) | | Gestational age (weeks) | 39 (2) | 37 (3) | 38 (2) | 37 (2) | <0.01 | | Birth weight (g) | 3135 (581) | 2985 (675) | 2896 (390) | 2669 (609) | <0.05 | | Small for gestational age | 13 (21%) | 1 (5%) | 4 (20%) | 3 (21%) | NS | | Toxicology screen | | | | | | | Positive | 1 | 3 (75%) | 15 (79%) | 13 (93%) | NS | | NICU admission | 12 (19%) | 9 (41%) | 6 (30%) | 12 (86%) | <0.01 | | Length of stay in hospital (days) | 3 (3) | 7 (14) | 5 (5) | 10 (9) | <0.01 | | CPS involved | 1 (2%) | 7 (32%) | 18 (90%) | 14 (100%) | <0.01 |
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Continuous variable, reported in mean (SD).
Proportion not reported given low number of events.
CPS: child protective services.
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