|
Indicator
|
Birth
|
6 weeks
|
3 months
|
6 months
|
|---|
|
HIV status group
| | | | |
|---|
|
Serum ferritin, μg/L*
| | | | |
|
Nn group
|
199 (172,230)a,b
|
131 (107,160)a
|
52 (44,62)a
|
15 (12,18)a
|
|
n
|
108
|
63
|
64
|
75
|
|
Pn group
|
198 (181,216)a
|
168 (153,185)a
|
62 (56,69)a
|
17 (15,19)a
|
|
n
|
248
|
205
|
215
|
235
|
|
Pp group
|
251 (211,300)b
|
320 (255,402)b
|
141 (104,191)b
|
36 (24,54)b
|
|
n
|
76
|
70
|
52
|
40
|
|
P-value†
|
0.036
|
<0.0001
|
<0.0001
|
<0.0001
|
|
Erythropoietin, U/L
| | | | |
|
Nn group
|
----------
|
10.2 (8.5,12.2)a
|
12.2 (10.5,14.0)a
|
16.2 (13.7,19.0)a
|
|
n
| |
62
|
60
|
74
|
|
Pn group
| |
9.3 (8.4,10.2)a
|
11.6 (10.7,12.5)a
|
14.4 (13.0,15.8)a
|
|
n
| |
201
|
215
|
231
|
|
Pp group
| |
16.3 (13.4,19.9)b
|
23.4 (17.1,32.1)b
|
26.1 (20.0,34.0)b
|
|
n
| |
69
|
53
|
38
|
|
P-value
| |
<0.0001
|
<0.0001
|
<0.0001
|
|
Transferrin receptor, mg/L
| | | | |
|
Nn group
|
----------
|
3.5 (3.2,3.8)a
|
6.2 (5.9,6.6)a
|
6.8 (6.3,7.3)
|
|
n
| |
63
|
64
|
75
|
|
Pn group
| |
4.1 (4.0,4.3)b
|
6.7 (6.4,7.0)a
|
7.2 (6.9,7.6)
|
|
n
| |
205
|
216
|
235
|
|
Pp group
| |
4.7 (4.3,5.2)c
|
8.2 (7.2,9.3)b
|
8.0 (7.0,9.1)
|
|
n
| |
71
|
53
|
40
|
|
P-value
| |
<0.0001
|
0.0001
|
0.065
|
- Abbreviations: Nn, mother HIV negative, baby HIV negative; Pn, mother HIV positive, baby HIV negative at 6 months; Pp, mother HIV positive, baby HIV positive at 6 weeks.
-
a,b,c Means in a cell without a common letter differ, P < 0.05, Bonferroni multiple-comparison test.
- * Values are geometric mean (95% CI).
- † P-values are from analysis of variance of log-transformed values.
