Table 2 Cross tabulation between age of infant at DBS collection, maternal treatment status and DNA PCR result
From: Correlates and determinants of Early Infant Diagnosis outcomes in North-Central Nigeria
Characteristic | Frequency | DNA_PCR of HEI | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive (%) | Negative (%) | |||
Age of HIV exposed infant (HEI) at first dried blood spot collection (DBS) |  < 0.01 | |||
 ≤ 6 weeks | 6000 | 116 (1.9) | 5884 (98.1) | |
 6.1–8 weeks | 2358 | 94 (4) | 2264 (96) | |
 8.1–20 weeks | 2309 | 164 (7.1) | 2145 (92.9) | |
 20.1+ weeks | 2979 | 340 (11.4) | 2639 (88.6) | |
 Total | 13,646 | 714 (5.2) | 12,932 (94.8) | |
Maternal treatment status |  < 0.01 | |||
 cART | 13,478 | 446 (3.3) | 13,032 (96.7) | |
 Without medication | 1010 | 304 (30.1) | 706 (69.9) | |
 Total | 14,488 | 750 (5.2) | 13,738 (94.8) | |