Research Article

Small-for-Gestational-Age Births in Pregnant Women with HIV, due to Severity of HIV Disease, Not Antiretroviral Therapy

Table 1

Sociodemographic, behavioral, and medical characteristics of sample.

VariableN (%)

Age—mean (SD)28.0 (6.2)
Race—African American136 (74.7)
Race—all other46 (25.3)
Married24 (13.3)
Single157 (86.7)
Education—less than high school36 (19.7)
Education—high school/some high school80 (43.7)
Education—college/some college19 (10.4)
Education—unknown48 (26.2)
Parity—no children55 (30.9)
Parity—1 or more children123 (69.1)
Ever smoked93 (50.8)
Currently smoking70 (38.3)
Ever used illicit drugs81 (44.3)
Currently using illicit drugs33 (18.0)
First viral load > 1000101 (55.2)
Last viral load > 100027 (14.8)
First CD4 > 200134 (73.2)
Started medications in pregnancy137 (74.9)
ART started: prepregnancy46 (25.1)
ART started: first trimester26 (14.2)
ART started: second trimester90 (49.2)
ART started: third trimester21 (11.5)
NNRTI39 (21.3)
PI117 (63.9)
SGA, 10th percentile57 (31.2)
SGA, 3rd percentile23 (12.6)
Gestational age at care entry—mean (SD)14.6 (7.5)
Gestational age at delivery—mean (SD)38.0 (2.1)
Infant birth weight (grams) —mean (SD)2900.0 (523.4)
Low birth weight31 (16.9)
Preterm birth34 (18.6)

ART, antiretroviral therapy; NNRTI, nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; PI, protease inhibitor; SD, standard deviation; SGA, small for gestational age.