Table 2.
Baseline characteristics
| Number of women/pregnanciesa (%) | |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity | |
| Black African | 1083 (73.7%) women |
| White | 250 (17%) women |
| Black Caribbean | 46 (3.1%) women |
| Other/ not stated | 90 (6.1%) women |
| Age at EDDb | |
| 16 – 19 | 12 (0.8%) women |
| 20 – 29 | 344 (23.4%) women |
| 30 – 39 | 952 (64.8%) women |
| 40 + | 161 (11%) women |
| HIV acquisition | |
| Heterosexual | 1251 (85.2%) women |
| MTCT | 21 (1.4%) women |
| Injecting drug use | 17 (1.2%) women |
| Other/ not stated | 180 (12.3%) women |
| Timing of HIV diagnosis | |
| Pre-conception | 1263 (85.2%) pregnancies |
| During pregnancy | 217 (14.6%) pregnancies |
| Not stated | 3 (0.2%) pregnancies |
| ART status | |
| Conceived on ART | 920 (62%) pregnancies |
| Conceived off ART | 549 (37%) pregnancies |
| Unclear | 14 (0.9%) pregnancies |
a1483 pregnancies in 1469 women were reported in the audit period
bFirst EDD for women with two pregnancies