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. 2016 Aug 12;9:10.3402/gha.v9.31622. doi: 10.3402/gha.v9.31622

Table 4.

Factors associated with the first incidence of pregnancy among HIV-infected female adolescents in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (n=266, 938 PY)

Univariate models Multivariate model


Variable No. of first pregnancies/PY Crude IRR (95% CI) p Adjusted IRR (95% CI) p
Center 0.78
 CEPREF 5/260.7 Ref.
 Cocody University Hospital 2/68.0 1.5 (0.3–7.9)
 Yopougon University Hospital 6/452.4 0.7 (0.2–2.3)
 CIRBA 2/156.9 0.7 (0.1–3.4)
Age (time adjusted) (years) 0.01 <0.01
 <15 1/493.5 Ref. Ref.
 ≥15 14/444.5 15.5 (2.0–118.2) 14.2 (1.9–108.2)
Maternal orphan at baseline 0.03 0.05
 Yes 12/490.1 3.7 (1.0–13.0) 3.1 (0.9–11.0)
 No/unknown 3/447.9 Ref. Ref.
Paternal orphan at baseline 0.37
 Yes 4/352.1 0.6 (0.2–1.9)
 No/unknown 11/585.9 Ref.
Underweight (weight-for-age z-score <−2SD)
 Yes 2/264.0 Ref. 0.17
 No 13/674.0 2.6 (0.6–11.3)
Stunting (height-for-age z-score <−2SD)
 Yes 4/329.1 Ref. 0.49
 No/unknown 11/608.9 1.5 (0.5–4.7)
Anemia (hemoglobin <12 g/dl) at baseline
 Yes 10/653.6 0.9 (0.2–4.3) 0.87
 No/unknown 5/284.4 Ref.
CD4 (cells/mm3) at baseline 0.50
 <350 5/241.0 Ref.
 ≥350 10/697.0 0.7 (0.2–2.0)
On ART at baseline 0.50
 Yes 11/755.9 0.7 (0.2–2.1)
 No unknown 4/182.1 Ref.

ART=anti-retroviral therapy; IRR=incidence rate ratio; PY=person-years.