Pregnancy Desire, Partner Serodiscordance, and Partner HIV Disclosure among Reproductive Age HIV-Infected Women in an Urban Clinic
Table 1
Demographics and clinical information for women with HIV of reproductive age.
No reproductive desire,
Desire for future children,
value
Age: mean (SD)
Age at enrollment
39.9 (5.2)
32.6 (7.1)
<0.0001
Self-reported race
White
21 (38%)
11 (25%)
0.35
Black
12 (21%)
15 (34%)
Hispanic
11 (20%)
11 (25%)
Other or multiple races
12 (21%)
7 (16%)
CD4: mean (SD)
Most recent
588 (311)
586 (289)
0.97
AIDS
Self-reported AIDS
11 (20%)
6 (14%)
0.44
ART status
Yes
52 (93%)
34 (81%)
0.13
No, not indicated
3 (5%)
3 (7%)
No, but indicated
1 (2%)
5 (12%)
Self-reported HIV symptoms
None
35 (65%)
31 (70%)
0.17
Mild
12 (22%)
4 (9%)
Moderate
7 (13%)
9 (20%)
Severe
0
0
Parity: binary
Currently having child
51 (91%)
32 (73%)
0.03
Parity: mean (SD)
Pregnancies
4.0 (2.6)
2.9 (2.2)
0.02
Deliveries
2.8 (2.3)
1.9 (1.4)
0.01
Abortions
20 (36%)
16 (36%)
1
ART indications at the time of data collection: CD4 count < 500, AIDS defining illness, pregnancy, acute opportunistic infections, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, HIV-associated nephropathy, and Hepatitis B coinfection when treatment is indicated [9].
