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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS. 2022 Mar 4;36(7):1007–1019. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003215

Table 1.

Participant baseline characteristics (N=774)

N n (Percent) or median (IQR)
Study site 774
 Western Kenya 487 (62.9%)
 Nairobi 287 (37.1%)
Sociodemographic
Age (year) 774 27 (23–31)
Education level 774
 Primary school completed 598 (77.3%)
 Secondary school completed 198 (25.6%)
Married/cohabiting 774 652 (84.2%)
Food insecuritya 774
 Level 1 (secure) 326 (42.1%)
 Level 2 (mild) 85 (11.0%)
 Level 3 (moderate) 151 (19.5%)
 Level 4 (severe) 212 (27.4%)
Employed* 772 391 (50.6%)
Depressionb 774 189 (24.4%)
Social support scorec (percent) 774 64 (50–72)
IPV since pregnancy 774 21 (2.7%)
Travel time to clinic >60 min* 762 53 (7.0%)
Obstetric
Gestational age at enrollment (week)d 774 24 (18–30)
Primigravida 774 109 (14.1%)
History of sexually transmitted infection 774 26 (3.4%)
 Genital infection 4 (15.4%)
 Gonorrhea 4 (15.4%)
 Syphilis 15 (57.7%)
 Chlamydia 1 (3.8%)
 Acute HIV infection 1 (3.8%)
 Cervicitis 1 (3.8%)
Pregnancy intended* 771 433 (56.2%)
HIV/ART
Diagnosis before pregnancy* 773 461 (59.6%)
Disclosure to anyone* 759 623 (82.1%)
Unsuppressed viral load (>1,000 copies/mL) 774 226 (29.0%)
ART status 774
 Yes, on ART at enrollment 716 (92.5%)
 No, newly prescribed ART 43 (5.6%)
 No, not on ART 15 (1.9%)
ART regimen* 723
 TDF + 3TC/FTC + EFV 536 (74.1%)
 TDF + 3TC + LPV/r 10 (1.4%)
 TDF + 3TC/FTC + NVP 99 (13.7%)
 ZDV + 3TC + NVP 41 (5.7%)
 ZDV + 3TC + EFV 4 (0.6%)
 Other 33 (4.6%)
Started ART before pregnancy* 771 425 (55.1%)
IMB scoree 716 75 (67–80)
Partner tested for HIVf 616 479 (77.8%)
a

evaluated by Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS)

b

evaluated by Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ9), a score >5 indicating at least moderate depressive symptoms

c

evaluated by Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) survey

d

estimated by self-reported date of last menstruation period (LMP)

e

Information-Motivation-Behavioral (IMB) score evaluated by 15 items from LifeWindows ART adherence questionnaire

f

among women who reported having a partner.

*

denominator <774 due to missing data.