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Table 2 HIV-free survival, HIV-infection and infants’ mortality according to the early infants’ feeding pattern

From: HIV-free survival according to the early infant-feeding practices; a retrospective study in an anti-retroviral therapy programme in Makurdi, Nigeria

 

Kaplan- Meier estimate at the 3rd month % (95CI)

P value = between EBF and EBMS

Kaplan- Meier estimate at the 18th month %(95CI)

P value = between EBF and EBMS

P value between HFS rates at 3rd month and 18th month

  

P value* = between EBF and MIXED

 

P value* = between EBF and MIXED

 
  

P value^=between EBMS and MIXED

 

P value^=between EBMS and MIXED

 

Cumulative overall HFS

94.4%

 

87.1%

 

0.000

HFS according to feeding pattern

     

EBF

97.4% (95.4 -99.4)

0.078

92.5% (89.26-95.74)

0.107

0.027

EBMS

99.1% (98.6- 99.6)

*0.000

86.2% (84.55-87.85)

*0.000

0.000

MF

75.7% (65.0 -86.4)

^0.000

69.8% (58.39-81.21)

^0.000

0.466

HIV-infection

     

EBF

1.5% (0.004 -2.99)

0.027

7.0% (3.86-10.14)

0.237

0.007

EBMS

0.2% (0.014-0.414)

*0.000

4.3% (3.33-5.27)

*0.000

0.000

MF

1.26% (4.35-20.85)

^0.000

27.1% (16.05-38.15)

^0.000

0.047

Death

     

EBF

0% (NA)

0.395

1.1% (−0.18-2.38)

0.567

0.142

EBMS

0.4% (0.092 – 0.703)

*0.002

2.1% (1.41-2.79)

*0.000

0.012

MF

4.9% (−0.47 -10.27)

^0.000

12.1 (3.99-20.21)

^0.000

0.157

  1. Legends: HFS = HIV free survival; EBF = exclusive breast feeding; EBMS = exclusive breast milk substitute feeding; MF = mixed feeding; NA = not available. The rates of fall in HFS over the 3rd and the 18th month was compared by sample t-test for proportions between infants on: EBF and EBMS, p-value =0.002, t-statistics = 3.096; MF and EBMS, p-value = 0.114, t-statistics = 1.584; MF and EBF, p-value = 0.758, t-statistics = 0.309.