Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the study population.

From: Systemic inflammation is associated with malaria and preterm birth in women living with HIV on antiretrovirals and co-trimoxazole

Baseline Characteristics n(%) or median[IQR]

Age (years)

30 [26,33]

BMI (kg/m2)

21.4 [19.9, 23.0]

Socioeconomic status (tertile)

1

111 (35.9)

2

135 (43.7)

3

63 (20.4)

Gestational age enrolment (weeks)

23.57 [19.6, 27.9]

Previous pregnancies

≤2

55 (16.9)

3–4

100 (30.7)

5–6

108 (33.1)

≥7

63 (19.3)

Hemoglobin level (g/dL)

11 [10.2,11.8]

White blood cell count (cells/mm3)

5050 [4200, 6200]

Platelet count (×109/L)

210 [173,252]

CD4+ T-cell count (cells/mm3)

369 [271,504]

HIV RNA load (log10copies/mL)

15.5 [2.4,59.4]

Perinatal Characteristics

Gestational age delivery (weeks)

38 [37, 40]

Birth weight (g)

2890 [2670,3230]

Preterm birth

55 (16.9)

Small-for-gestational age

81 (25.6)

Stillbirth

9 (2.8)

Malaria Status

Antenatal peripheral blood smeara

25 (7.9)

Placental PCR

24 (8.9)

Placental histology

96 (33)

Placental blood smear

10 (3.6)

Placental rapid diagnostic test

12 (4.4)

Any evidence of malaria in pregnancyb

119 (40)

  1. aNumber of women with at least 1 positive antenatal blood smear. bAs evidenced by positive antenatal blood smear; placental histology, PCR, blood smear or rapid diagnostic test. n (%) expressed as percent of women with existing data for respective variable.
  2. Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; BMI, body mass index; PCR, polymerase chain reaction.
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