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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS. 2021 Mar 15;35(4):555–565. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002808

Table 1:

Baseline characteristics of participants with specimens analyzed

Characteristic Baseline Repeat
Overall HIV-uninfected HIV-infected
preconceptional ART
HIV-infected
no preconceptional ART
Overall HIV-infected
preconceptional ART
HIV-infected
no preconceptional ART
N (%) or
median (IQR)
N (%) or
median (IQR)
N (%) or
median (IQR)
N (%) or
median (IQR)
N (%) or
median (IQR)
N (%) or
median (IQR)
N (%) or
median (IQR)
Total number of women 207 130 46 31 51 30 21
EGA at collection, weeks 18 (17, 19) 18 (17, 19) 18 (16, 18) 18 (17, 19) 18 (16, 19) 18 (16, 18) 18 (17, 19)
Age, years 26 (22, 32) 25 (22, 31) 30 (27, 33) 25 (21, 29) 28 (25, 32) 30 (27, 33) 25 (21, 29)
 <20 16 (8%) 13 (10%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (4%) 0 (0%) 2 (10%)
 20–34 164 (80%) 97 (76%) 39 (84%) 28 (90%) 43 (86%) 24 (83%) 19 (90%)
 ≥35 24 (12%) 17 (13%) 7 (15%) 3 (10%) 5 (10%) 5 (17%) 0 (0%)
missing 3 3 7 3 1 1 0
Married or cohabitating 173 (84%) 110 (85%) 38 (84%) 25 (83%) 42 (82%) 26 (87%) 16 (76%)
missing 2 0 1 1 1 0 1
BMI, kg/m2 23 (21, 27) 24 (21, 28) 24 (22, 26) 22 (20, 25) 23 (21, 25) 23 (22, 26) 23 (21, 25)
 <18.5 7 (4%) 4 (3%) 1 (2%) 2 (7%) 1 (2%) 0 (0%) 1 (5%)
 18.5–30 161 (80%) 96 (77%) 38 (84%) 27 (90%) 45 (90%) 27 (90%) 18 (90%)
 >30 32 (16%) 25 (20%) 6 (13%) 1 (3%) 4 (8%) 3 (10%) 1 (5%)
missing 7 5 1 1 1 0 1
Parity 1 (0,2) 1 (0,2) 2 (1,3) 1 (1,2) 2 (1,3) 2 (1,3) 1 (1,2)
Prior PTB
 0 (nulliparous) 54 (26%) 41 (32%) 6 (13%) 7 (23%) 7 (14%) 3 (10%) 4 (19%)
 0 (parous) 93 (45%) 55 (42%) 27 (59%) 11 (35%) 25 (49%) 18 (60%) 33 (7%)
 1 or more 60 (29%) 34 (26%) 13 (28%) 13 (42%) 19 (37%) 9 (30%) 10 (48%)
Twins 8 (4%) 5 (4%) 1 (2%) 2 (6%) 1 (2%) 1 (3%) 0 (0%)
Short Cervix < 2.5 cm 5 (2%) 2 (2%) 2 (5%) 1 (3%) 2 (4%) 1 (4%) 1 (5%)
missing 18 13 4 1 2 1 1

IQR, interquartile range; BMI, body mass index; PTB, preterm birth; EGA, estimated gestational age