Antiretroviral Resistance and Pregnancy Characteristics of Women with Perinatal and Nonperinatal HIV Infection
Table 1
Maternal characteristics of pregnant women with perinatal and nonperinatal HIV infection.
Perinatal HIV ()
Nonperinatal HIV ()
value
Mean age, (years)
20.9 (±3.2)
21.7 (±3.1)
0.2
Black/African American
21 (51%)
29 (71%)
0.07
Hispanic/Latino
5 (12%)
4 (10%)
1.0
Mean years living with HIV infection
20.5 (±3.5)
2.4 (±2.8)
<0.0001
Current HIV-infected sexual partner
1/24 (4%)
7/22 (32%)
0.02
Parity
0 (0-1)
1 (0–2)
0.0004
History of sexually transmitted infection(s) (STI)
22 (51%)
25 (61%)
0.5
History of abnormal pap smear
17/37 (46%)
8/38 (21%)
0.02
Hepatitis B and/or C coinfection
2 (5%)
3 (8%)
0.7
History of opportunistic infection(s)
7/40 (18%)
0
History of a psychiatric illness, including depression
20/40 (50%)
11 (27%)
0.03
Medical comorbidity
12 (29%)
19 (46%)
0.11
STI diagnosis during pregnancy
5 (13%)
11 (27%)
0.11
All denominators are unless otherwise stated. Continuous variables are represented as means (±standard deviation) and medians (interquartile range). Continuous variables are compared using Student’s -test for means, pooled for equal variances and Wilcoxon rank-sum tests are used to compare medians. Medical comorbidities excluding HIV, hepatitis, and psychiatric illness, including hypertensive disorders, asthma, anemia, cholelithiasis, transaminitis, obesity, and neuropathy.