Table 1 Baseline characteristics of women who accessed ART at Martin Preuss Centre in Lilongwe, Malawi, between January 2012 and December 2016
Characteristics | Women: # (%) | Number of pregnancies | Observed rate per 100 person-years (95% confidence interval) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age ART initiationa | |||||
15–19 | 734 | (7%) | 41 | 4.4 | (3.3–6.0) |
20–24 | 2151 | (21%) | 144 | 5.1 | (4.3–6.0) |
25–29 | 2806 | (27%) | 180 | 4.2 | (3.7–4.9) |
30–34 | 2384 | (23%) | 98 | 2.6 | (2.2–3.2) |
35–39 | 1328 | (13%) | 32 | 1.4 | (1.0–2.0) |
40–44 | 701 | (7%) | 5 | 0.4 | (0.2–1.0) |
45–49 | 325 | (3%) | 0 | 0 | – |
WHO clinical stage at ART initiationb | |||||
1 or 2 | 7597 | (75%) | 380 | 3.3 | (3.0–3.7) |
3 | 2113 | (21%) | 90 | 2.8 | (2.3–3.4) |
4 | 475 | (4%) | 24 | 2.8 | (1.9–4.3) |
CD4 count (cells/mm3) at ART initiationc | |||||
< 250 | 1390 | (54%) | 81 | 3.1 | (2.5–3.8) |
250 to 349 | 662 | (26%) | 43 | 3.4 | (2.5–4.6) |
≥ 350 | 536 | (21%) | 14 | 2.2 | (1.3–3.8) |