Research Article
Infection with Hepatitis C Virus among HIV-Infected Pregnant Women in Thailand
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of
1771 women enrolled in 3 vertical transmission HIV studies
in Bangkok, Thailand, 1992–2004 (
(%)).
| | Peri-1 (HIV) | Peri-1 (HIV+) | Peri-2 | Peri-3 | Total |
| | HCV status | | | | | | | Infected | 1 (0.3) | 5 (1.7) | 16 (4.1) | 33 (4.4) | 55 (3.1) | | Uninfected | 341 (99.7) | 288 (98.3) | 375 (95.9) | 712 (95.6) | 1716 (96.9) | | Education | | | | | | | Primary or
less | 227 (66.4) | 197 (67.2) | 225 (57.5) | 418 (56.1) | 1067 (60.3) | | Greater
than primary | 115 (33.6) | 96 (32.8) | 166 (42.5) | 327 (43.9) | 704 (39.8) | | Marital status | | | | | | | Married | 179 (52.3) | 174 (59.4) | 185 (47.3) | 248 (33.3) | 786 (44.4) | | Not
married | 163 (47.7) | 119 (40.6) | 206 (52.7) | 497 (66.7) | 985 (55.6) | | Intravenous drug user (IDU) | | | | | | | Yes | 0 | 3 (1.0) | 5 (1.3) | 19 (2.6) | 27 (1.5) | | No | 342 (100) | 290 (99.0) | 386 (98.7) | 726 (97.5) | 1744 (98.5) | | Any partners ID | | | | | | | Yes | 5 (1.5) | 20 (7.1) | 38 (10.6) | 102 (15.9) | 165 (10.2) | | No | 335 (98.5) | 260 (92.9) | 321 (89.4) | 539 (84.1) | 1455 (89.8) | | Ever a commercial sex | | | | | | | Yes | 6 (1.8) | 30 (10.2) | 36 (9.3) | 66 (8.9) | 138 (7.8) | | No | 336 (98.3) | 263 (89.8) | 353 (90.8) | 679 (91.1) | 1631 (92.2) | | Received transfusion (1985– | | | | | | | Yes | 5 (1.5) | 3 (1.0) | 10 (2.6) | 15 (2.0) | 33 (1.9) | | No | 334 (98.5) | 290 (99.0) | 380 (97.4) | 730 (98.0) | 1734 (98.1) | | HIV | | | | | | | E | — | 273 (95.5) | 318 (88.8) | 559 (88.7) | 1150 (90.3) | | B | — | 10 (3.5) | 22 (6.2) | 45 (7.1) | 77 (6.0) | | E/B | — | 3 (1.1) | 16 (4.5) | 12 (1.9) | 31 (2.4) | | BR/MN/C | — | 0 | 2 (0.6) | 14 (2.2) | 16 (1.3) | | Delivery | | | | | | | Cesarean | — | 33 (11.3) | 56 (14.3) | 188 (25.2) | 277 (19.4) | | Vaginal | — | 260 (88.7) | 335 (85.7) | 557 (74.8) | 1152 (80.6) | | Maternal age, years [mean (range)] | 24.5 (15–40) | 23.2 (14–40) | 24.9 (17–39) | 26.3 (15–48) | 25.1 (14–48) | | Age at 1st intercourse [mean (range)] | 20.0 (13–32) | 19.3 (11–35) | 19.4 (12–32) | 18.6 (7–44) | 19.2 (7–44) | | Gravidity [mean (range)] | 1.8 (1–4) | 1.6 (1–4) | 1.8 (1–11) | 2.1 (1–7) | 1.9 (1–11) | | Number of sex partners in past year [mean (range)] | 1.0 (1-2) | 1.8 (1–200) | 1.1 (1–6) | 6.9 (1–1428) | 3.6 (1–1428) | | Number of hours in labor [mean (range)] | — | 7.4 (0–28) | 10.6 (0–57.9) | 14.4 (0–386) | 12.0 (0–386) | | Duration of membrane rupture, hours [mean (range)] | — | 3.4 (0–96) | 4.0 (0–39.5) | 3.0 (0–148) | 3.4 (0–148) | | HIV viral load at delivery, copies/mL
[mean (range)] | — | 4.4 (2.3–6.2) | 4.2 (2.3–5.9) | 3.8 (2.3–6.0) | 4.0 (2.3–6.2) | | CD4 count at delivery, cells/ [mean (range)] | — | 471 (140–1180) | 407 (11–1112) | 421 (8–1608) | 428 (8–1608) |
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size is decreased due to missing data.
began screening blood for
HIV in 1989.
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