TABLE 2.

Description of Key Measures of Depression, Psychosocial Support, and Clinical Status for the Study Cohort (N = 996)

Depression and Social Support	N	%	Clinical Status	N	%
Depression
None	430	43.2
At least once	566	56.8
Depression by follow-up time period			Clinical WHO stage at enrollment
Antepartum (n = 891)	380	42.7	WHO stage I	815	81.8
Long-term follow-up (≥12 mo postpartum)	343	45.3	WHO stage II	171	17.2
			WHO stage III	10	1.0
“Persistence” of depression*			CD4 count at enrollment (cells/µL)‡
Not depressed at either time	224	34.3	<200	117	12.4
Depressed at one time period	271	41.6	200–499	536	56.8
Depressed at both time periods	157	24.1	≥500	291	30.8
Social support†			Counseling/group attendance
Low (<10th percentile score)	117	12.0	None	623	62.6
Moderate (10–50th percentile)	382	39.2	At least once	373	37.4
High (>50th percentile score)	476	48.8

^*Only 652 women with observations during pregnancy and more than 12 months postpartum were included.

^†n = 975 women with social support measures at enrollment; n = 21 had missing values.

^‡n = 944 women with CD4 cell count measures at enrollment; n = 52 had missing values.