Research Article
Urinary Tract Infections among HIV-Positive Pregnant Women in Mwanza City, Tanzania, Are High and Predicted by Low CD4+ Count
Table 2
Clinical and obstetric characteristics of HIV-infected pregnant women.
| Patient characteristics | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
| Gravidity | | | Gravida 1 | 35 | 14.9 | Gravida 2 | 57 | 24.4 | ≥Gravida 3 | 142 | 60.7 | Parity | | | Nulliparity | 43 | 18.4 | Para 1–3 | 149 | 63.7 | ≥Para 4 | 42 | 17.9 | Gestation age | | | 1st trimester | 13 | 5.6 | 2nd trimester | 110 | 47.0 | 3rd trimester | 111 | 47.4 | Coitus per week | | | ≤1 | 168 | 71.8 | ≥2 | 66 | 28.2 |
| Median baseline CD4 | 264 (IQR 108–434) | | Baseline CD4 | | | ≤200 | 141 | 60.3 | >200 | 93 | 39.7 | Median current CD4 | 407.5 (IQR 291–583) | | Current CD4 | | | <200 | 21 | 9.0 | ≥200 | 213 | 91.0 | Median HAART duration (months) | 16 (IQR 5–34) | | Duration on HAART (months) | | | ≤12 | 105 | 44.9 | 13–24 | 41 | 17.5 | ≥25 | 88 | 37.6 | Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole use | | | Yes | 215 | 91.9 | No | 19 | 8.1 | Urinary symptoms | | | Yes | 27 | 11.5 | No | 207 | 88.5 |
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Median with interquartile range; IQR: interquartile range; HAART: highly active antiretroviral therapy.
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