Table 3.
Pregnancy outcomes among 792 women with and without squamous cell abnormalities and/or HIV infection in the puerperium.a
| Pregnancy outcome | ASCUS | HGSILs | LGSILs | Normal Pap smear | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIV + (n=11) | HIV − (n=15) | P value | HIV + (n=6) | HIV − (n=1) | P value | HIV + (n=21) | HIV − (n=12) | P value | HIV + (n=265) | HIV − (n=461) | P value | |
| Birth outcome | 0.576 | — | 0.364 | 0.176 | ||||||||
| No live birth | 0 | 1 (6.7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (8.3) | 11 (4.2) | 12 (2.6) | ||||
| Live birth | 11 (100.0) | 14 (93.3) | 6 (100.0) | 1 (100.0) | 21 (100.0) | 11 (91.7) | 254 (95.8) | 449 (97.4) | ||||
| Birth weight b | — | — | — | 0.032 | ||||||||
| <2500 g | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 (5.5) | 11 (2.4) | ||||
| ≥2500 g | 7 (63.6) | 13 (92.9) | 4 (66.7) | 0 | 16 (76.2) | 11 (100.0) | 190 (74.8) | 346 (77.1) | ||||
| Missing | 4 (36.4) | 1 (7.1) | 2 (33.3) | 1 (100.0) | 5 (23.8) | 0 | 50 (19.7) | 92 (20.5) | ||||
| Pregnancy duration at delivery b | 0.209 | 0.429 | 0.166 | 0.288 | ||||||||
| Preterm (<37 wk) | 3 (27.3) | 1 (7.1) | 2 (33.3) | 1 (100.0) | 4 (19.0) | 0 | 40 (15.7) | 80 (17.8) | ||||
| Term (≥37 wk) | 8 (72.7) | 13 (92.9) | 4 (66.7) | 0 | 17 (81.0) | 11 (100.0) | 212 (83.5) | 368 (82.0) | ||||
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.8) | 1 (0.2) | ||||
Abbreviations: ASCUS, atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance; HGSIL, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions; LGSIL, low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions.
a
Values are given as number (percentage) unless indicated otherwise.
b
Live births only.