Association between maternal HIV infection and birthweight in a tertiary hospital in southern Ethiopia: retrospective cohort study

Table 1 Socio-demographic and obstetric characteristics of HIV-negative and -positive women, HU-SCH, 2018

Characteristics	HIV-negative (n = 277)		HIV-positive (n = 252)		P-value
Characteristics	Freq	%	Freq	%
Mother’s age at birth (years)
15–19	21	7.6	7	2.8	< 0.001*
20–24	81	29.2	38	15.1
25–29	112	40.4	95	37.7
30–34	38	13.7	84	33.3
35–39	21	7.6	24	9.5
40 or above	4	1.4	4	1.6
Gravidity
1	102	36.8	29	11.5	< 0.001*
2–3	112	40.4	143	56.7
4 or more	63	22.7	80	31.7
Place of residence
Urban	163	58.8	183	72.6	0.001*
Rural	114	41.2	69	27.4	0.001*
Sex of the newborn
Female	146	52.7	120	47.6	0.240
Male	131	47.3	132	52.4	0.240

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