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Table 1 Maternal baseline characteristics of women included in the analysis, overall and stratified by HIV status, BMI and GWG category

From: Association between food intake and obesity in pregnant women living with and without HIV in Cape Town, South Africa: a prospective cohort study

  

HIV status

 

BMI

 

GWG

 

Characteristic

Overall

N (%) = 989

Without HIV

N (%) = 510

With HIV

N (%) = 479

p value

Normal

N (%) = 294

Overweight

N (%) = 244

Obese

N (%) = 427

p value

Inadequate

N (%) = 266

Adequate

N (%) = 121

Excessive

N (%) = 362

p-value

Age (years)

   

< 0.001

   

< 0.001

   

0.077

  < 24

240 (24)

171 (34)

69 (14)

 

100 (34)

58 (24)

79 (19)

 

48 (18)

30 (25)

100 (28)

 

 25–29

292 (30)

157 (31)

135 (28)

 

93 (32)

71 (29)

120 (28)

 

93 (35)

35 (29)

104 (29)

 

 30–34

254 (26)

109 (21)

145 (30)

 

71 (24)

54 (22)

123 (29)

 

75 (28)

34 (28)

81 (22)

 

  ≥ 35

203 (21)

73 (14)

130 (27)

 

30 (10)

61 (25)

105 (25)

 

48 (18)

22 (18)

76 (21)

 

 Median (IQR)

29 (25–34)

27 (23–32)

31 (26–35)

 

27 (23–32)

29 (25–35)

30 (26–34)

 

29 (26–33)

29 (25–33)

29 (24–33)

 

Education

   

0.015

   

0.870

   

0.661

 Primary

37 (4)

15 (3)

22 (5)

 

9 (3)

10 (4)

17 (4)

 

9 (3)

4 (3)

17 (5)

 

 High school

929 (94)

477 (94)

452 (94)

 

277 (94)

231 (95)

399 (93)

 

252 (95)

113 (93)

334 (93)

 

 Tertiary

23 (2)

18 (4)

5 (1)

 

8 (3)

3 (1)

11 (3)

 

3 (1)

4 (3)

10 (3)

 

Socio-economic status

   

0.071

   

0.602

   

0.646

 Lower

325 (33)

152 (30)

173 (36)

 

105 (36)

72 (30)

136 (32)

 

87 (33)

45 (37)

119 (33)

 

 Middle

274 (28)

142 (28)

132 (28)

 

75 (26)

71 (29)

123 (29)

 

81 (31)

35 (29)

96 (27)

 

 Higher

388 (39)

215 (42)

173 (36)

 

113 (38)

100 (41)

168 (39)

 

96 (36)

41 (34)

144 (40)

 

 Missing

2 (0.2)

1 (0.2)

1 (0.2)

 

1 (0.3)

1 (0.4)

0

 

0

0

2 (0.6)

 

Relationship status

   

0.874

   

0.001

   

0.271

 No relationship

46 (5)

23 (5)

23 (5)

 

13 (4)

11 (5)

22 (5)

 

9 (3)

1 (1)

17 (5)

 

 Not Cohabiting/married-NLT

509 (51)

267 (52)

242 (51)

 

180 (61)

124 (51)

194 (45)

 

140 (53)

72 (60)

186 (52)

 

 Cohabiting/married-LT

428 (43)

218 (43)

210 (44)

 

98 (33)

106 (43)

211 (49)

 

114 (43)

48 (400

155 (43)

 

 Missing

6 (1)

2 (0.4)

4 (1)

 

3 (1)

3 (1)

0

 

2 (1)

0

3 (1)

 

*Alcohol use

   

0.982

   

0.599

   

0.227

 No

898 (91)

463 (91)

435 (91)

 

264 (90)

218 (89)

392 (92)

 

243 (92)

114 (94)

322 (89)

 

 Yes

89 (9)

46 (9)

43 (9)

 

29 (10)

25 (10)

35 (8)

 

21 (8)

7 (6)

38 (11)

 

 Missing

2 (0.2)

1 (0.2)

1 (0.2)

 

1 (0.3)

1 (0.4)

0

 

1 (0.4)

0

1 (0.3)

 

GA at first ANC (weeks)

   

0.109

   

0.455

   

0.002

 1st trimester (≤13)

229 (23)

109 (21)

120 (25)

 

64 (22)

54 (22)

110 (26)

 

74 (28)

39 (32)

64 (18)

 

 2nd trimester (14–28)

609 (62)

314 (62)

295 (62)

 

183 (62)

160 (66)

265 (62)

 

162 (61)

73 (60)

244 (68)

 

 3rd trimester (> 28)

123 (12)

73 (14)

50 (10)

 

44 (15)

29 (12)

49 (11)

 

28 (11)

8 (7)

51 (14)

 

 Missing

28 (3)

14 (3)

14 (3)

 

3 (1)

1 (0.4)

3 (0.7)

 

2 (1)

1 (1)

3 (1)

 

 Median (IQR)

20 (14–25)

21 (15–26)

19 (13–24)

 

21 (14–26)

20 (14–23)

19 (13–24)

 

19 (13–24)

18 (12–22)

21 (15–25)

 

Parity

   

< 0.001

   

< 0.001

   

0.690

 0

251 (25)

168 (33)

83 (17)

 

106 (36)

51 (21)

86 (20)

 

57 (22)

33 (27)

94 (26)

 

 1

331 (33)

169 (33)

162 (34)

 

92 (31)

89 (36)

143 (33)

 

93 (35)

40 (33)

117 (32)

 

  ≥ 2

407 (41)

173 (34)

234 (49)

 

96 (33)

104 (43)

198 (46)

 

114 (43)

48 (40)

150 (42)

 

 Median (IQR)

1 (0–2)

1 (0–2)

1 (1–2)

 

1 (0–2)

1 (1–2)

1 (1–2)

 

1 (1–2)

1 (0–2)

1 (0–2)

 
  1. * In current pregnancy. Married-NLT – Married but not living together, Married-LT – married and living together, GA – gestational age, ANC – antenatal care. BMI – body mass index, GWG – gestational weight gain. Missing BMI 23 (2.4%), GWG 240 (24.3%)