Research Article

Associations between HIV Antiretroviral Therapy and the Prevalence and Incidence of Pregnancy in Rakai, Uganda

Table 5

Incidence of pregnancy, unadjusted and adjusted IRR among HIV+ women after initiating ART.

CharacteristicsNumber of womenIncident pregnancy/pyrsIncidence/100 pyrs (95% CI)IRR (95% CI)Adjusted IRR (95% CI)

Overall24448/195.524.6 (18.1, 32.6)
Baseline and week 12 CD4
 Both <100181/14.696.8 (0.17, 37.92)1.01.0
 Both 100+18239/145.5026.8 (19.06, 36.64)3.94 (0.68, 22.70)4.12 (0.75, 22.50)
 Base CD4 <100, wk12 100+448/35.3822.6 (9.76, 44.55)3.32 (0.50, 2.26)3.24 (0.46, 22.60)
Age (years)
 15–24196/14.3141.9 (15.39, 91.26)1.01.0
 25–3413334/103.9432.7 (22.65, 45.71)0.78 (0.44, 1.39)0.82 (0.38, 1.77)
 35–45928/77.3110.3 (4.47, 20.39)0.25 (0.13, 0.46)0.27 (0.15, 0.50)
Desire for more children
 Both do not want17934/144.5223.5 (16.29, 32.88)1.01.0
 Only male wants356/28.8820.8 (7.62, 45.23)0.88 (0.33, 2.33)0.81 (0.36, 1.84)
 Only female wants81/6.1316.3 (0.41, 90.89)0.69 (0.12, 4.12)0.50 (0.09, 2.81)
 Both want227/16.0443.6 (17.55, 89.92)1.85 (0.84, 4.10)1.07 (0.43, 2.63)
Marital status
  Not married14223/117.1319.6 (12.45, 29.46)1.01.0
  Married10225/78.4431.9 (20.63, 47.05)1.62 (0.81, 3.25)1.41 (0.76, 2.59)
HIV status disclosure
 Not to anybody5815/45.6932.8 (18.37, 54.15)1.01.0
 Yes, to somebody18633/149.8822.0 (15.16, 30.92)0.67 (0.38, 1.19)0.69 (0.36, 1.32)
* Family planning method
 None6918/51.8334.7 (20.58, 54.89)1.0
 Condom only4512/35.4533.8 (17.49, 59.13)0.97 (0.47, 2.00)
 Other112/8.3424.0 (2.91, 86.67)0.69 (0.16, 3.08)
* BMI at week 12
 Under weight, <18.5245/18.115 (8.96, 64.43)1.0
 Normal weight13928/113.8324.5 (16.35, 35.55)0.89 (0.29, 2.72)
 Overweight/obese335/27.2318.4 (5.96, 42.85)0.67 (0.14, 3.16)
* WHO stage at week 12
 I & II9419/75.8125.1 (15.09, 39.14)1.0
 III & IV486/39.2715.3 (5.61, 33.26)0.61 (0.23, 1.63)

*Data not available on all the 244 women.