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REPEAT PREGNANCY IN WOMEN WITH HIV INFECTION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
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Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre. Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
Westat. Rockville, MD, USA.
Federal University of Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre. Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
U.S. Department of State. Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator. Washington D.C., USA.
Westat. Rockville, MD, USA.
Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of São Paulo. Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto. Ribeirão Preto. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Hospital General de Agudos José María Ramos Mejía. HIV Unit. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
National Institutes of Health. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Maternal Pediatric Infectious Disease Branch. Bethesda, MD, USA.
Westat. Rockville, MD, USA.
Federal University of Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre. Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
U.S. Department of State. Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator. Washington D.C., USA.
Westat. Rockville, MD, USA.
Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of São Paulo. Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto. Ribeirão Preto. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Hospital General de Agudos José María Ramos Mejía. HIV Unit. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
National Institutes of Health. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Maternal Pediatric Infectious Disease Branch. Bethesda, MD, USA.
Abstract
Intended and unintended pregnancies occur frequently among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women. We evaluated the occurrence of repeat pregnancy and characteristics associated with this outcome among HIV-infected women in Latin America and the Caribbean who were participating in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) International Site Development Initiative (NISDI). Of the 1342 HIV-infected pregnant women enrolled in NISDI, 124 (9.2%) had one or more repeat pregnancies on study. Median time between the index delivery and date of conception of the subsequent pregnancy was 1.4 years (range 0.1-5.7). Younger age (odds ratio [OR] = 1.07, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.04-1.11 per one year decrease in age), hospitalization during the index pregnancy or up to six months post-partum [OR = 2.0, 95% CI: 1.2-3.4], and poor index pregnancy outcome (stillbirth or spontaneous/therapeutic abortion; OR = 3.4, 95% CI: 1.4-8.4) were associated with increased occurrence of repeat pregnancy in multivariable analysis. Among women with repeat pregnancies, the proportion receiving antiretroviral treatment (vs. prophylaxis) increased from 39.4% at the time of the index pregnancy to 81.8% at the time of the repeat pregnancy (p < 0.001). These results can help identify women most likely to benefit from reproductive counseling in order to assist with healthy pregnancy planning and prevention of unintended pregnancies.
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