Research Article
HIV Prophylaxis in High Risk Newborns: An Examination of Sociodemographic Factors in an Inner City Context
Table 6
Differences in maternal characteristics between 4 groups in secondary analysis.
| | Maternal characteristic | Group 1
Mean (SD) or (%) | Group 2
Mean (SD) or (%) | Group 3
Mean (SD) or (%) | Group 4
Mean (SD) or (%) | value |
| | Age (years) | 32 () | 31 () | 28 () | 28 () | <0.01 | | Country of origin | | | | | | | African | 44 (77%) | 15 (71%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | <0.01 | | Canada | 6 (11%) | 4 (19%) | 11 (85%) | 10 (100%) | | Other | 7 (12%) | 2 (10%) | 2 (15%) | 0 (0%) | | Number of prenatal visits | 9 (3) | 7 (4) | 2 (3) | 2 (2) | <0.01 | | Final HIV status | | | | | | | Positive | 62 (100%) | 22 (100%) | 1 (5%) | 0 (0%) | <0.01 | | Negative | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 18 (95%) | 14 (100%) | | Partner involved | 39 (64%) | 13 (65%) | 8 (40%) | 3 (25%) | <0.05 | | HIV status of father of newborn | | | | | | | Positive | 19 (56%) | 4 (33%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | NS | | Negative | 15 (44%) | 8 (67%) | 1 (100%) | 1 (100%) | | Substance use | 4 (7%) | 6 (29%) | 17 (89%) | 14 (100%) | <0.01 | | Smoker | 2 (3%) | 3 (17%) | 15 (88%) | 13 (100%) | <0.01 | | Living situation | | | | | | | Own home | 60 (97%) | 20 (91%) | 10 (50%) | 3 (21%) | <0.01 | | Homeless or living in shelter | 2 (3%) | 2 (9%) | 10 (50%) | 11 (79%) | | Health insurance (OHIP) | 49 (79%) | 19 (86%) | 13 (65%) | 12 (86%) | NS | | Social work referral | 31 (50%) | 16 (73%) | 20 (100%) | 14 (100%) | <0.01 | | Lost custody of previous children | 1 (3%) | 3 (21%) | 11 (79%) | 9 (82%) | <0.01 | | Sex work | 0 (0%) | 1 (5%) | 6 (32%) | 8 (57%) | <0.01 | | Employed | 26 (47%) | 4 (21%) | 1 (6%) | 0 (0%) | <0.01 | | Educated | 27 (90%) | 10 (100%) | 4 (57%) | 1 (14%) | <0.01 | | AZT intrapartum | 60 (97%) | 21 (95%) | 4 (21%) | 0 (0%) | <0.01 |
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Continuous variable, reported in mean (SD).
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