Burden, clinical presentation and risk factors of advanced HIV disease in pregnant Mozambican women

Table 4 Proportion of pregnant women with less than expected improvement in the CD4 + cell count by Advanced HIV disease status

Sample collection period after first ANC visit	Advanced HIV disease		Without Advanced HIV disease		P value
Sample collection period after first ANC visit	N	Less than expected improvement in the CD4 cell count n (%)	N	Less than expected improvement in the CD4 cell count n (%)	P value
6 months^a	100	12 (12.0)	1188	149 (12.5)	1.00
12 months^b	83	16 (19.3)	955	132 (13.8)	0.230
18 months^c	44	8 (18.2)	468	75 (16.0)	0.875

AHD Advanced HIV disease, ANC Antenatal care, N Number of available, CD4 Count records in each period. Less than expected improvement in the CD4 cell count was considered if the difference between the two measurements performed at an interval of about six months was < 25 cells/mm³. ^aCoinciding with childbirth or immediate postpartum; ^bcoinciding with breastfeeding period.

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