Table 1. Characteristics of Women Delivering Stillbirths, by HIV Status, Botswana.
| Maternal Characteristic | HIV-infected women | HIV-uninfected women (N = 37) | |
| Receiving HAART (N = 26) | Not Receiving HAART (N = 36) | ||
| Age (median) | 32 yrs¶ | 30 yrs¶ | 27 yrs¶ |
| Botswana citizen | 25 (96%)§ | 28 (78%)§ | 33 (89%) |
| Education | |||
| Primary | 5 (19%) | 7 (19%) | 4 (11%) |
| Secondary | 18 (69%) | 26 (72%) | 25 (68%) |
| Tertiary | 3 (12%) | 2 (6%) | 6 (16%) |
| None/unknown | 0 (0%) | 1 (3%) | 2 (5%) |
| Salaried employment | 17 (65)% | 14 (38%) | 22 (59%) |
| Referred to PMH for complicated pregnancy or delivery | 22 (85%) | 34 (94%) | 29 (78%) |
| Primigravidus | 2 (8%) | 7 (19%) | 12 (32%) |
| Nulliparous | 4 (15%)¶ | 8 (22%)¶ | 14 (38%)¶ |
| Past stillbirth | 5 (19%) | 2 (6%) | 5 (14%) |
| Hypertension in pregnancy* | 14 (54%) | 17 (47%) | 19 (51%) |
| Preeclampsia/eclampsia in pregnancy** | 6 (23%) | 7 (19%) | 8 (22%) |
| Antibiotics in pregnancy | 14 (54%) | 15 (42%) | 13 (35%) |
| Median hemoglobin in pregnancy | 11.3 g/dL | 11.6 g/dL | 11.1 g/dL |
*Measured systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg, or diagnosed with hypertension in pregnancy prior to the onset of labor.
**Presence of hypertension, proteinuria, edema, +/− seizure.
§
P-value <0.05 for difference between women receiving HAART vs. not receiving HAART.
¶
P-value <0.05 for difference between HIV-uninfected women vs. all HIV-infected women.