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Table 1 Pre-delivery characteristics of HIV-infected and, HIV-uninfected women, as well as infant outcomes at birth (n at birth = 295 mother-infant pairs)

From: Predictors of fetal anemia and cord blood malaria parasitemia among newborns of HIV-positive mothers

 

N

Mean

SD

Mean difference*

95% CI of the difference

Mother

      

Age (years)

440

28.5

5.6

−2.1

−2.8

−1.4

Weight (kg)

440

62.5

11.4

3.0

1.4

4.6

Height (cm)

440

159.6

12.2

−1.3

−2.8

0.3

BMI (kg/m2)

440

25.8

16.4

2.9

−0.8

6.6

Hemoglobin level at recruitment (g/dL)

440

9.8

1.7

1.3

1.1

1.4

Infant

      

Gestational age

295

37.6

2.1

0.7

0.4

1.0

Birth weight

281

2.8

0.5

0.2

0.1

0.3

Fetal Hemoglobin

295

11.7

2.7

−0.9

−1.3

−0.5

  1. *The “means” and “standard deviations” presented in the table are those of HIV+ women; Mean difference = Mean of HIV-negative minus Mean of HIV-positive.