@article{474e2763fd1c48f39295e5372c7a7263,
title = "Rate, correlates and outcomes of repeat pregnancy in HIV-infected women",
abstract = "Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the rate, determinants, and outcomes of repeat pregnancies in women with HIV infection. Methods: Data from a national study of pregnant women with HIV infection were used. Main outcomes were preterm delivery, low birth weight, CD4 cell count and HIV plasma viral load. Results: The rate of repeat pregnancy among 3007 women was 16.2%. Women with a repeat pregnancy were on average younger than those with a single pregnancy (median age 30 vs. 33 years, respectively), more recently diagnosed with HIV infection (median time since diagnosis 25 vs. 51 months, respectively), and more frequently of foreign origin [odds ratio (OR) 1.36; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.10–1.68], diagnosed with HIV infection in the current pregnancy (OR: 1.69; 95% CI: 1.35–2.11), and at their first pregnancy (OR: 1.33; 95% CI: 1.06–1.66). In women with sequential pregnancies, compared with the first pregnancy, several outcomes showed a significant improvement in the second pregnancy, with a higher rate of antiretroviral treatment at conception (39.0 vs. 65.4%, respectively), better median maternal weight at the start of pregnancy (60 vs. 61 kg, respectively), a higher rate of end-of-pregnancy undetectable HIV RNA (60.7 vs. 71.6%, respectively), a higher median birth weight (2815 vs. 2885 g, respectively), lower rates of preterm delivery (23.0 vs. 17.7%, respectively) and of low birth weight (23.4 vs. 15.4%, respectively), and a higher median CD4 cell count (+47 cells/μL), with almost no clinical progression to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stage C (CDC-C) HIV disease (0.3%). The second pregnancy was significantly more likely to end in voluntary termination than the first pregnancy (11.4 vs. 6.1%, respectively). Conclusions: Younger and foreign women were more likely to have a repeat pregnancy; in women with sequential pregnancies, the second pregnancy was characterized by a significant improvement in several outcomes, suggesting that women with HIV infection who desire multiple children may proceed safely and confidently with subsequent pregnancies. {\textcopyright} 2016 British HIV Association",
keywords = "birth weight, HIV, HIV RNA, pregnancy, preterm delivery, anti human immunodeficiency virus agent, virus RNA, adult, age, antiretroviral therapy, Article, body weight, CD4 lymphocyte count, female, human, Human immunodeficiency virus, Human immunodeficiency virus infected patient, Human immunodeficiency virus infection, low birth weight, major clinical study, pregnancy outcome, pregnancy rate, pregnancy termination, pregnant woman, premature labor, primigravida, priority journal, social determinants of health, virus load",
author = "M. Floridia and E. Tamburrini and G. Masuelli and P. Martinelli and A. Spinillo and G. Liuzzi and A. Vimercati and S. Alberico and A. Maccabruni and C. Pinnetti and V. Frisina and S. Dalzero and M. Ravizza and Pregnancy, {The Italian Group for Surveillance of Antiretroviral Treatment in} and F. Mori and P. Ortolani and {dalle Nogare}, E.R. and {Di Lorenzo}, F. and G. Sterrantino and M. Meli and S. Polemi and J. Nocentini and M. Baldini and G. Montorzi and M. Mazzetti and P. Rogasi and B. Borchi and F. Vichi and {Del Pin}, B. and E. Pinter and E. Grilli and B. Mariani and G. Nardini and A. Molinari and F. Sabbatini and P. Grossi and G. Maso and M. Roccio and A. Capone and A. Bucceri and G. Scaravelli and {Castelli Gattinara}, G. and M.F. Pirillo and R. Amici and C.M. Galluzzo and S. Baroncelli and P. Villani and M. Cusato and F. Parazzini and S. Vella",
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year = "2017",
doi = "10.1111/hiv.12473",
language = "English",
volume = "18",
pages = "440--443",
journal = "HIV Medicine",
issn = "1464-2662",
publisher = "Blackwell Publishing Ltd",
number = "6",
}