Adequacy of prenatal care among women living with human immunodeficiency virus: a population-based study

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of pregnancies according to HIV status

Characteristic	HIV	Non-HIV	p-value
Characteristic	(n = 634)	(n = 1,131,501)	p-value
Mean age ± SD (years)	30.8 ± 5.2	30.1 ± 5.2	0.001
18 to 34 years	470 (74.1 %)	894,604 (79.1 %)	0.002
35 to 49 years	164 (25.9 %)	236,897 (20.9 %)
Aggregated Diagnosis Groups
Median (IQR)	6.0 (5.0 – 9.0)	4.0 (3.0 – 6.0)	< 0.001
0 to 5	238 (37.5 %)	786,857 (69.5 %)	< 0.001
6 to 10	331 (52.2 %)	330,199 (29.2 %)
11 or more	65 (10.3 %)	14,445 (1.3 %)
Immigration Status, No. (%)			< 0.001
Non-immigrant	329 (51.9 %)	839,572 (74.2 %)
Non-recent immigrant, Africa or Caribbean	97 (15.3 %)	23,788 (2.1 %)
Non-recent immigrant, other world regions	28 (4.4 %)	108,338 (9.6 %)
Recent immigrant, Africa or Caribbean	157 (24.8 %)	15,393 (1.4 %)
Recent immigrant, other world regions	23 (3.6 %)	144,410 (12.8 %)
Material Deprivation Income Quintile, No. (%)			< 0.001
1 (lowest)	68 (10.7 %)	296,497 (26.2 %)
2	72 (11.4 %)	232,786 (20.6 %)
3	98 (15.5 %)	213,374 (18.9 %)
4	117 (18.5 %)	190,740 (16.9 %)
5	261 (41.2 %)	183,633 (16.2 %)
Residential Instability Quintile, No. (%)			< 0.001
1 (lowest)	77 (12.1 %)	303,196 (26.8 %)
2	72 (11.4 %)	228,544 (20.2 %)
3	69 (10.9 %)	168,253 (14.9 %)
4	145 (22.9 %)	214,623 (19.0 %)
5	253 (39.9 %)	202,414 (17.9 %)
Multiple birth	19 (3.0 %)	19,833 (1.8 %)	0.02
Median (IQR) gestational age (weeks)	38 (37 – 40)	39 (38 – 40)	< 0.001

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