The Changing Face of HIV in Pregnancy in Rhode Island 2004–2009

Table 2

Pregnancy outcomes among foreign-born versus US-born women.

	Foreign-born HIV-infected women	US-born HIV-infected women	Total	𝑃 value
	𝑛=150	𝑛=149	𝑛=321
Number of pregnancies	51	44	95	0.41
Number diagnosed during pregnancy (𝑛=76 women)	8	8	16 (21%)	0.75
Number of terminations	6	10	16 (17%)	0.154
Number of miscarriages	3	4	7 (7%)	0.55
Number of C-sections (of those with known mode of delivery)	20/29	12/20	32/49 (65%)	0.51
Number of 2nd and 3rd pregnancies	10	11	21 (22%)	0.53
Number with undetectable viral load prior to delivery (of those with test data available)	32/38	16/25	48/63 (76%)	0.065
2 or more clinic visits during pregnancy	36	22	58 (61%)	0.04
DCYF involvement	4	12	16 (17%)	0.012

^∗Of the 321 women between 18–45 years seen from 1/04 to 12/09, place of birth is unknown for 22.
DCYF = Department of Children, Youth & Families.