Pregnancy outcome among HIV-infected women on different antiretroviral therapies in Ethiopia: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of the study was to compare pregnancy outcomes according to maternal antiretroviral treatment (ART) regimens.

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Participants and settings

Clinical data was extracted from ART exposed pregnancies of HIV-infected Ethiopian women attending antenatal care follow-up in public health facilities in Addis Ababa between February 2010 and October 2016.

Outcomes

The primary outcomes evaluated were preterm birth, low birth weight and small-for-gestational-age.

Results

A total 1663 of pregnancies exposed to ART were included in the analyses. Of these pregnancies, 17% resulted in a preterm birth, 19% in low birth weight and 32% in a small-for-gestational-age baby. Compared with highly active antiretroviral the

SUBMITTER: Ejigu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6687026 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature