Option B+ for prevention of vertical HIV transmission has no influence on adverse birth outcomes in a cross-sectional cohort in Western Uganda

Table 2 Basic Infant data

Variables	Overalll^a	No HIV exposure N (%)	HIV exposure N (%)	OR	CI 95%	P value^b
N total	412	302	110
Gestational week (Finnstroem score)^c	38 (28–42)	39 (28–42)	38 (30–42)			0.5^d
Birth weight^c	3095 (500–4500)	3100 (500–4500)	3040 (1200–4500)			0.821^d
APGAR score^c	10 (0–10)	10 (0–10)	10 (0–10)			0.34^d
Newborn sex
Male	209/410 (51.0)	156 (52.0)	53 (48.2)	1
Female	201/410 (49.0)	144 (48.0)	57 (51.8)	1.17	0.75–1.8	0.49
Stillbirth	26/412 (6.3)	20 (6.6)	6 (5.5)	0.81	0.32–2.08	0.67
Preterm delivery	116/410 (28.3)	85 (28.2)	31 (28.4)	1.01	0.62–1.64	0.97
Small for gestational age	47/399 (11.8)	33 (11.3)	14 (13.1)	1.18	0.61–2.31	0.63
Any adverse birth outcome	165/409 (40.3)	119 (39.7)	46 (42.2)	1.11	0.71–1.73	0.64

^aAll data n/total n with available respective data (%), if not indicated otherwise
^bBivariate, Pearson’s X² asymptotic two- sided p- value
^cMedian (range)
^dMann–Whitney-U-Tes

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