Table 1.
Characteristics of 289 pregnant people who delivered at the maternity ward at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in Mbarara, Uganda between September 2017 and February 2018.a
| Characteristic | HIV-uninfected n = 142 |
PPHIV n = 147 |
PPHIVb undetectablec HIV viral load n = 105 |
PPHIV detectable HIV viral load n = 42 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, in years | 24 (21, 28) | 26 (23, 31) | 27 (23, 31) | 26 (22, 29) |
| Gravidity | ||||
| Primigravid | 46 (32%) | 25 (17%) | 14 (13%) | 11 (26%) |
| Multigravid (2–4 pregnancies) | 75 (53%) | 90 (61%) | 65 (62%) | 25 (60%) |
| Grandmultigravid (> 4 pregnancies) | 21 (15%) | 32 (22%) | 26 (25%) | 6 (14%) |
| Gestational age, in weeks | 39.0 (38.0, 40.3) | 39.0 (38.0, 40.0) | 39.0 (38.0, 40.2) | 39.0 (38.0, 40.0) |
| Started ARTd preconception | – | 79 (54%) | 65 (62%) | 14 (33%) |
| CD4 T-cell count, in cells/mm3 | – | 426 (306, 602) | 440 (320, 617) | 389 (227, 563) |
| Unknown | – | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| HIV viral load, in copies/mL | – | – | – | 718 (265, 12,950) |
amedian (IQR) for continuous, n (%) for categorical, bPPHIV = pregnant person with HIV, cdetectable HIV viral load defined as ≥ 50 copies/mL, dART = combination antiretroviral therapy.