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

Table 1

Characteristics of women enrolling into pre-ART HIV care.

Characteristics	Number of women*	Proportion, %
Overall	1514	100
Age (years)
15–24	199	13.1
25–34	830	54.8
35–45	485	32.0
Marital status
Never married	155	10.2
Divorced/separated/widowed	629	41.6
Currently married	730	48.2
Sexual partner past 6 months
None	970	64.4
One	493	32.7
2+	43	2.9
Fertility and family planning
Pregnancy status
Not pregnant	1405	92.8
Pregnant	109	7.2
Parity (ever live-births)
Prime gravid	545	36.9
1–3	353	23.9
4+	580	39.2
Use of any medication to prevent pregnancy
Not taking any	1236	81.6
Taking some medications	278	18.4
Medications used to prevent pregnancy
Not taking any	1236	81.7
Injectables	187	12.4
Tablets	56	3.7
Others	34	2.3
Breastfeeding
Not breastfeeding	1286	84.9
Yes breastfeeding	228	15.1
General health
Bed-ridden in past 30 days
No	473	89.8
Yes	54	10.3
WHO stage at initial screening
I	476	48.3
II	309	31.3
III	151	15.3
IV	50	5.1
CD4 at initial screening
<100	167	11.0
100–250	312	20.6
251–350	173	11.4
351+	862	56.9

Note *some totals do not add up to 1514 because of missing information on variables.