Table 1.
Sociodemographic, reproductive and biologic characteristics of the 2391 pregnant HIV positive women studied (2006 -2011)
| Characteristics | Number of respondents (%) |
|---|---|
| Age (Years) | |
| Less than 20 | 18(0.8) |
| 20 – 29 | 1224(51.9) |
| 30 – 39 | 1109(46.4) |
| 40 – 49 | 40(1.7) |
| Marital Status | |
| Single | 352(14.7) |
| Married | 1948(81.5) |
| Separated/Divorced | 34(1.4) |
| Widow | 57(2.4) |
| Educational level completed | |
| None | 71(3.0) |
| Primary | 365(15.3) |
| Secondary | 1155(48.3) |
| Tertiary | 800(33.4) |
| Occupation | |
| Student | 274(11.5) |
| Unemployed/House wife | 248 (10.4) |
| Trading | 675(28.2) |
| Unskilled | 347(14.5) |
| Artisan | 361(15.1) |
| Civil servant | 348(14.6) |
| Professional/Business Executive | 138(5.8) |
| Mode of acquisition of HIV | |
| Heterosexual Contact | 1876(78.5) |
| Blood and Blood product | 129(5.4) |
| MTCT | 2(0.1) |
| Unknown | 386(16.1) |
| History of Induced abortion | |
| Yes | 1506(63.0) |
| No | 885(37.0) |
| Parity | |
| 0 | 671(28.1) |
| 1 - 2 | 892(37.3) |
| 3 – 4 | 595(24.9) |
| 5 and above | 233(9.7) |
| Gestational age | |
| First trimester | 347(14.5) |
| 2nd Trimester | 1041(43.5) |
| 3rd Trimester | 1003(42.0) |
| CD4 cell count | |
| <200 | 811(33.9) |
| 201-349 | 695(29.1) |
| 350 – 500 | 454(19.0) |
| >500 | 431(18.0) |
| Viral Load | |
| 0 – 1000 | 410(17.1) |
| 1,001 – 10,000 | 611(25.6) |
| 10,001 – 100,000 | 835(34.9) |
| >100,000 | 535(22.4) |
| Alanine transaminases (ALT) | |
| ≤45 | 2246(93.9) |
| >45 | 145(6.1) |