Prevalence of malnutrition among HIV-infected children in Central and West-African HIV-care programmes supported by the Growing Up Programme in 2011: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Characteristics of the 1350 HIV-infected children of the study population according to age groups

Variables	Age group in years						P-value*	Total (n = 1350)
	[2–5]		[5–10]		[10–19]
	(n = 161)		(n = 505)		(n = 684)
Gender, n, %							0.839
Female	78	48	254	50	333	49		665	49
Male	83	52	251	50	351	51		685	51
CD4%, median, IQR^†	31	24–37	-	-	-	-	-	31	24–37
CD4/mm3, median, IQR^‡	-	-	788	505–1162	556	362–797	<0.001	642	412–952
Immunodeficiency by age^§ , n, %							<0.001
No immunodeficient	57	35	363	72	382	56		802	59
Moderate	15	9	52	10	129	19		196	15
Severe	6	4	65	13	152	22		223	17
Missing	83	52	25	5	21	3		129	10
WHO Clinical stage^§, n, %							0.002
I	70	44	223	44	380	56		673	50
II	48	30	137	27	157	23		342	25
III	25	16	89	18	98	14		212	16
IV	16	10	40	8	34	5		90	7
Missing	2	1	16	3	15	2		33	2
Nutritional support within 6 months prior to the study^\|\|, n, %							<0.001
None	59	37	246	49	399	58		704	52
1 support	54	34	152	30	144	21		350	26
2 supports	15	9	34	7	51	8		100	7
3–4 supports	31	19	65	13	82	12		178	13
Missing	2	1	8	2	8	1		18	1
Nutritional support during the study^\|\|, n, %							<0.001
None	68	42	261	52	418	61		747	55
1 support	55	34	161	32	157	23		373	28
2 supports	18	11	53	11	72	11		143	11
3 supports	17	11	25	5	31	5		73	5
Missing	3	2	5	1	6	1		14	1
Treatment, n, %							<0.001
No treatment	4	3	13	3	14	2		31	2
Cotrimoxazole only	40	25	107	21	73	11		220	16
ART only	25	16	107	21	131	19		263	20
Cotrimoxazole + ART	90	56	271	54	459	67		820	61
Missing	2	1	7	1	7	1		16	1
Orphans status, n, %							<0.001
Single (father deceased)	32	20	110	22	136	20		278	21
Single (mother deceased)	12	8	71	14	130	19		213	16
Double	2	1	62	12	248	36		312	23
No orphan	115	71	255	51	158	23		528	39
Missing	0	0	7	1	12	2		19	1
Country, n, %							<0.001
Benin	5	3	25	5	18	3		48	4
Burundi	15	9	108	21	333	49		456	34
Cameroun	7	4	24	5	25	4		56	4
Côte d’Ivoire	43	27	100	20	104	15		247	18
Mali	40	25	79	16	54	8		173	13
Tchad	27	17	50	10	43	6		120	9
Togo	24	15	119	24	107	16		250	19

*Chi-square test for qualitative variables, Kruskal-Wallis test for quantitative variables
^†children < 5 years, n’ = 78, ^‡children ≥5 years, n’ = 480 for 5–10 years, n’ = 663 for 10–19 years, ^§WHO 2006 guidelines, ^||Number of different nutritional support given (flour, powdered milk, solid or semi-solid foods, RUTF)

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