Retention in Care among HIV-Infected Pregnant Women in Haiti with PMTCT Option B
Table 1
Participant characteristics.
Active in care births (%)
Lost to follow-up births (%)
value
Age (years)
Mean ± SD (range)
29.1 ± 6.3
27.5 ± 6.2
0.006
Range
16–44
14–46
<25
59 (26.2)
82 (35.2)
0.02
25–34
111 (49.3)
116 (49.8)
35+
55 (24.4)
35 (15)
Timing of initial HIV test
Before pregnancy
134 (62)
88 (41.5)
<0.0001
During pregnancy
82 (38)
124 (58.5)
Initial CD4
0.70
≤350 cells/mm3
78 (34.8)
46 (32.9)
>350 cells/mm3
146 (65.2)
94 (67.1)
Mean CD4 near delivery
Mean ± SD
593 ± 273
559 ± 302
0.29
Range
30–1471
28–1694
<200
6 (2.8)
12 (9.5)
0.02
200–349
32 (14.8)
19 (15.1)
350+
179 (82.5)
95 (75.4)
Timing of ART initiation
Before pregnancy
67 (29.8)
26 (10.9)
<0.0001
1st trimester
12 (5.3)
6 (2.5)
2nd trimester
60 (26.7)
42 (17.6)
3rd trimester
51 (22.7)
74 (31.1)
Postpartum
25 (11.1)
8 (3.4)
Never started
10 (4.4)
82 (34.5)
Relationship status
Married/cohabitating
156 (69.6)
129 (70.5)
0.67
Widowed
5 (2.2)
2 (1.1)
Separated
12 (5.4)
7 (3.8)
Single
30 (13.4)
22 (12)
Unknown
21 (9.4)
23 (12.6)
Delivery location
Facility
124 (78.5)
82 (71.3)
0.17
Home
34 (21.5)
33 (28.7)
Distance home to hospital
Mean ± SD
9.6 ± 16.7
8.4 ± 12.6
0.39
Range
0–101
0–78
0–5 km
149 (66.5)
124 (67.4)
0.56
5–20 km
33 (14.7)
21 (11.4)
>20 km
42 (18.8)
39 (21.2)
Cohort timing
Cohort 1: March 2009–May 2011
131 (58.2)
157 (66)
0.09
Cohort 2: June 2011–November 2012
94 (41.8)
81 (34)
Number of antenatal care visits
1
0 (0)
105 (44.1)
<0.0001
2 or more
225 (100)
133 (65.9)
Timing of LFU
During pregnancy
N/A
143 (60)
NA
0–3 months postpartum
21 (8.8)
4–6 months postpartum
13 (5.5)
7–9 months postpartum
16 (6.7)
10–12 months postpartum
8 (3.4)
13–18 months postpartum
18 (7.6)
19–24 months postpartum
6 (2.5)
>24 months postpartum
13 (5.5)
Based on ART initiation date (or entry to care if ART was not started). Per MSPP guidelines, ART was started at 28 weeks, 2009–2011. In June 2011, women were started on ART at 14 weeks. shows available data for each variable excluding missing data. Observations with missing values were not included in the analysis.
