Table 3. Placental Pathology Results, by HIV Status and ARV Exposure, Botswana.
Placental Pathology | HIV+ HAART in pregnancy (N = 26) | HIV+ ZDV in pregnancy (N = 14) | HIV+ No ARVs in pregnancy (N = 22) | HIV- (N = 37) |
Chronic placental insufficiency | 17 (65%)§ | 6 (43%)§ | 4 (18%)§ | 20 (54%) |
Acute placental insufficiency* | 1 (4%) | 1 (7%) | 6 (27%) | 3 (8%) |
Infection | 4 (15%) | 3 (21%) | 6 (27%) | 8 (22%) |
Other§ | 2 (8%) | 2 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (8%) |
Unknown | 2 (8%) | 2 (14%) | 6 (27%) | 3 (8%) |
*4 women with both acute and chronic placental insufficiency were categorized as chronic.
Other = maternal floor infarct (2), hydrops fetalis (2), villous maturational arrest (1), massive chronic intervillositis/villitis of unknown/unclear etiology (1), massive perivillous fibrin (1).