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Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of HIV exposed infants and their mothers who had a follow up at Gondar University Referral Hospital
| Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Age at enrolment | ||
| ≤ 6 weeks | 353 | 69.4 |
| > 6 weeks | 156 | 30.6 |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 263 | 51.7 |
| Female | 246 | 48.3 |
| Residence | ||
| Urban | 424 | 83.3 |
| Rural | 85 | 16.7 |
| Place of Birth | ||
| Hospital | 403 | 79.2 |
| Health center | 57 | 11.2 |
| Home | 49 | 9.6 |
| Maternal status | ||
| Alive | 498 | 97.8 |
| Dead | 11 | 2.2 |
| Maternal enrolment to ART care (n = 453) | ||
| Enrolled | 368 | 81.2 |
| Not enrolled | 85 | 18.8 |
| Maternal PMTCT intervention* | ||
| None | 92 | 18.1 |
| sdNVP | 85 | 16.7 |
| sdNVP + AZT for 7 days | 10 | 2.0 |
| sdNVP + AZT for 4 weeks | 3 | .6 |
| Already on ART | 189 | 37.1 |
| sdNVP + AZT for 7 days + 3TC | 130 | 25.5 |
| Infant ARV prophylaxis at birth (n = 495) | ||
| Received | 421 | 85.1 |
| Not Received | 72 | 14.5 |
| Not known | 2 | 0.4 |
| Infant ARV prophylaxis during follow up (n = 491)* | ||
| None | 75 | 15.3 |
| sdNVP | 99 | 20.2 |
| sdNVP + AZT for 7 days | 277 | 56.4 |
| sdNVP + AZT for 4 weeks | 40 | 8.1 |
