Table 1.

Characteristics at enrollment of 850 women with HIV taking ART in Johannesburg, 2009–2011

	Overall N=850 (100.0%)		Short-term childbearing plans N=396 (46.6%)		Long-term or no childbearing plans N=454 (53.4%)
	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	p-valuea
Age (years)	30.4	27–33	30.0	28–33	31.0	28–34	0.55
No. living children	1.0	1–2	1.0	0–1	2.0	1–2	<0.01
Months since HIV diagnosis	24.0	12–48	24.0	12–48	24.5	12–48	0.11
CD4 count, cells/ml	312.0	178–462	270.5	169–425	345.5	196–492	<0.01
Months on ART	13.2	5–24	10.8	3–22	14.0	7–27	<0.01
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Married/cohabitating	378	44.5	199	50.3	179	39.4	<0.01
Ever pregnant	760	89.4	327	82.6	433	95.3	<0.01
Trying to conceive, currently	105	12.4	105	26.5	0	0	.
Taking hormonal contraception	224	26.4	73	18.4	151	33.3	<0.01
Pregnant at HIV diagnosis	271	31.9	84	21.2	187	41.2	<0.01
Viral load <50 copies/mlb	618	74.1	277	71.2	341	76.6	0.07

Abbreviations; IQR: Interquartile Range, No: Number, ART: Antiretroviral therapy

^aChi-square tests were used to compare the differences in proportions between groups for categorical variables, and Wilcoxon signed-rank sum tests were used for continuous data ( = 0.05).

^bn=834