Table 3 Nutritional items given to infants of HIV-positive mothers and mothers in the general population using 24-hour recall (age categorised)
Food items (age categorised) | HIV-positive n = 235 (%) | General-population mothers n = 727 (%) | Chi-square p (χ 2 ) |
|---|---|---|---|
0 – 5 months | |||
Water | 20 (54) | 94 (23) | < 0.001 |
Herbal water or gripe water | 5 (17) | 24 (6) | |
Fruit juice, tea with sugar etc | 10 (27) | 68 (16) | |
Non-human milks | 20 (54) | 146 (35) | < 0.05 |
Staple food (maize, beans etc) | 18 (49) | 60 (14) | < 0.001 |
Meat, egg or fish | 2 (5) | 8 (2) | |
Number of items given last 24 hours | < 0.001 | ||
None | 9 (24) | 187 (45) | |
1 – 2 | 11 (30) | 152 (37) | |
3 – 5 | 8 (22) | 63 (15) | |
6 – 9 | 5 (14) | 11 (3) | |
10 or more | 4 (11) | 1 (0.2) | |
6 – 11 months | |||
Water | 43 (84) | 220 (71) | < 0.05 |
Herbal water or gripe water | 2 (4) | 16 (5) | |
Fruit juice, tea with sugar etc | 26 (51) | 142 (46) | |
Non-human milks | 33 (65) | 171 (55) | |
Staple food (maize, beans etc) | 50 (98) | 252 (81) | 0.001 |
Meat, egg or fish | 20 (39) | 55 (18) | 0.001 |
Number of items given last 24 hours | 0.001 | ||
None | 0 (0) | 11 (4) | |
1 – 2 | 2 (4) | 75 (24) | |
3 – 5 | 19 (37) | 121 (39) | |
6 – 9 | 24 (47) | 80 (26) | |
10 or more | 6 (12) | 25 (8) |