Table 1. Baseline sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics of participants by HIV serostatus status.
| Variable | Total population n = 190(%) | HIV serostatus |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative, n = 131 | Positive, n = 59 | |||
| Age in years, median (IQR) | 30(27–34) | 30(26–34) | 31(27–35) | 0.421 |
| Marital status Unmarried Married |
32(16.8) 158(83.2) |
23(17.6) 108(82.4) |
9(15.3) 50(84.8) |
0.695 |
| Education None/Primary Secondary/Tertiary |
40(21.1) 150(79.0) |
20(15.3) 111(84.7) |
20(33.9) 39(66.1) |
0.004 |
| Wealth index Poorest/poorer/middle Richer/richest |
114(60.0) 76(40.0) |
74(56.5) 57(43.5) |
40(67.8) 19(32.2) |
0.141 |
| Onset of preeclampsia Early (<34 weeks) Late (≥34 weeks) |
93(49.0) 97(51.1) |
67(51.2) 64(48.9) |
26(44.1) 33(55.9) |
0.367 |
| Severity of preeclampsia Severe Mild/Moderate |
15 (7.9) 175(92.1) |
8(6.1) 123(93.9) |
7(11.9) 52(88.1) |
0.243 |
| Pregnancy outcomes Stillbirth Preterm birth Live/term birth |
25(13.2) 33(17.4) 132(69.5) |
13(9.9) 28(21.4) 90(68.7) |
12(20.3) 5(8.5) 42(71.2) |
0.026 |
| Parity median(IQR) | 2(1–3) | 2(1–3) | 2(1–4) | 0.070 |
| Contraceptive use Othera Intrauterine/barrier Hormonal |
58(30.5) 28(14.7) 104(54.7) |
32(24.4) 25(19.1) 74(56.5) |
26(44.1) 3(5.1) 30(50.9) |
0.005 |
| Anxiety and depression No Yes |
43(22.6) 147(77.4) |
18(13.7) 113(86.3) |
25(42.4) 34(57.6) |
<0.001 |
Abbrev: IQR-interquartile range, a(sterilization, lactational amenorrhea, withdrawal, fertility awareness-based methods or dual methods), p-values from Pearson Chi-square test/Fisher’s exact test/Wilcoxon Ranksum test