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