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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2019 May;38(5):500–502. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002253

Table 1.

Characteristics of Women at First Pregnancy and Infants

PREGNANT WOMEN

PHIV (n=20) NPHIV (n=86) HIV-uninfected (n=65) p value
Age of Mother, years 22.4 (20.2-24.5) 29.2 (23.5 – 34.8) 23.2 (20.5-27.7) <0.01
Race <0.01
African American 14 (70%) 54 (63%) 28 (43%)
Hispanic 6 (30%) 26 (30%) 32 (49%)
White/ Other 0 (0%) 6 (7%) 5 (8%)
Highest Education Level 0.16
Some College or Higher 6 (30%) 32 (37%) 33 (51%)
High School Diploma/ GED 6 (30%) 19 (22%) 17 (26%)
Some High School or Lower 8 (40%) 35 (41%) 15 (23%)
Employed 4 (20%) 18 (21%) 21 (32%) 0.24
Gravida 1 (1-2) 3 (2-5) 2 (1-4) <0.01
Any Substance Use During Pregnancy
Heroin/Cocaine 0 (0%) 8 (9%) 0 (0%) <0.01
Marijuana 0 (0%) 11 (13%) 3 (5%) 0.07
Alcohol 0 (0%) 3 (3%) 0 (0%) 0.22
Tobacco 2 (10%) 17 (20%) 2 (3%) 0.01
Maternal Height, cm 156 (154-160) 160 (155-165) 163 (155-168) 0.10
Maternal Pre-Pregnancy BMI, kg/m2 24 (23-26) 28 (23-33) 24 (22-29) 0.03
History of Opportunistic Infections 4 (20%) 6 (7%) --- 0.09
Nadir CD4 cells during pregnancy, cells/mm3 --- <0.01
<50 cells/mm3 5 (25%) 1 (1%) ---
50-200 cells/mm3 3 (15%) 14 (16%) ---
201-350 cells/mm3 6 (30%) 23 (27%) ---
>350 cells/mm3 6 (30%) 48 (56%) ---
HIV RNA level <400 copies/mL at delivery 15 (75%) 76 (88%) --- 0.15
Log10 HIV RNA level at delivery 1.3 (1.3-2.7) 1.3 (1.3-1.3) --- 0.14
On 3 classes of ARV during pregnancy 7 (35%) 0 (0%) --- <0.01
Hepatitis B infection 0 (0%) 7 (8%) 1 (2%) 0.02
Hepatitis C infection 2 (10%) 8 (9%) 0 (0%) 0.01
INFANTS

HEU-P (n=28) HEU-N (n=112) HUU (n=65) p value
GA at First Prenatal Visit, weeks 8 (7-10) 11 (8-16) 12 (9-15) 0.01
Female 13 (46%) 51 (46%) 36 (55%) 0.43
APGAR score at 5 minutes 9 (9-9) 9 (9-9) 9 (9-9) 0.90
Preterm (<37 weeks GA) 5 (18%) 24 (21%) 4 (6%) 0.03
SGA at Birth 9 (32%) 14 (13%) 5 (8%) 0.01
Birth WAZ −0.89 (−1.57, −0.19) −0.37 (−0.82, 0.20) −0.30 (−0.81, 0.32) 0.02
Birth LAZ −0.48 (−1.12, 0.09) −0.14 (−0.87, 0.44) 0.10 (−0.55, 0.69) 0.02
In custody of someone other than biological mother 4 (14%) 19 (17%) 1 (2%) <0.01
Vaccines not up to date at 6 months 4 (14%) 10 (9%) 4 (6%) 0.44
>10 Ambulatory Care Visits in First Year 4 (14%) 18 (16%) 14 (22%) 0.58
Ever Hospitalized for Infectious Cause in First Year 5 (18%) 5 (4%) 8 (12%) <0.01

Continuous variables expressed as median (interquartile range) and categorical variables as no. (%); P-values from Wilcoxon test or t test for continuous variables and Chi-square or Fisher’s exact for categorical variables as appropriate.

ARV=Antiretrovirals, BMI=Body Mass Index, GA=Gestational Age, HEU=HIV-exposed uninfected, HUU=HIV unexposed uninfected, LAZ=Length-for-age z score, PHIV=Perinatally HIV-infected, NPHIV=Non-Perinatally HIV-infected, SGA=Small for gestational age, WAZ=Weight-for-age z score, WLZ=Weight-for-length z score