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Table 1 Participant Clinico-demographics

From: Maternal plasma vitamin D levels and associated determinants in late pregnancy in Harare, Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

HIV negative n = 63

HIV positive n = 64

p-Value

Age, y (mean, SD)

26.6 (5.8)

30.3 (6.2)

<  0.001

Weight, kg (median, IQR)

68 (51–109)

68.5 (48–109)

0.725

Gestational age, wk. (median, IQR)

34 (26–41)

31 (20–40)

<  0.001

Blood Pressure, mmHg

 Systolic, median (IQR)

108 (87–153)

110 (93–138)

0.282

 Diastolic, median (IQR)

67 (28–97)

69 (28–92)

0.727

 Monthly income, USD

268 (40–1000)

240 (0–850)

0.777

Marital Status, n (%)

 Married

58 (92.1%)

43 (67.2%)

<  0.001

 Single

0 (0.0%)

3 (4.7%)

0.010

 Cohabitating

5 (7.9%)

16 (25.0%)

 

 Divorced/Separated

0 (0.0%)

2 (3.1%)

 

Season of Sampling n, (%)

 Summer (Dec-Feb)

9 (14.3%)

8 (12.5%)

0.766

 Autumn (Mar-May)

38 (60.3%)

38 (59.4%)

0.918

 Winter (June-Aug)

16 (5.4%)

18 (28.1%)

0.731