Mother-to-child transmission of HIV: the pre-rapid advice experience of the university of Nigeria teaching hospital Ituku/Ozalla, Enugu, South-east Nigeria

Table 1 Demographic characteristics and feeding choices for the 178 children in whom HIV infection was ascertained by 18 months

Feeding	Male	Female	Total	HIV infected
Choice	(%)	(%)	(%)	HIV infected
BMS	80(44.9)	62 (34.9)	142 (79.8)	5
EBF (1)	11 (6.2)	9 (5.0)	20 (11.2)	2
EBF (2)	1(0.6)	1(0.6)	2 (1.1)	0
Mixed feeding	9 (5.1)	5 (2.8)	14 (7.9)	0
Total	101(56.7)	77 (43.3)	178 (100)	7

BMS = Breast Milk Substitute; EBF (1) = Exclusive Breastfeeding for 3 months or less; EBF (2) = Exclusive Breastfeeding for 3–6 months. There was no statistically significant difference in the risk of becoming HIV infected between children in different categories at 95% confidence level.
Legend: The table is showing the demographic characteristics and feeding choices for the 178 children in whom HIV-infection status was ascertained by 18 months.

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