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. 2008 Aug 20;22(13):1679-81.
doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32830ebcee.

Loss to follow-up and mortality among pregnant women referred to a community clinic for antiretroviral treatment

Richard Kaplan  1 , Catherine Orrell, Eugene Zwane, Linda-Gail Bekker, Robin Wood
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Loss to follow-up and mortality among pregnant women referred to a community clinic for antiretroviral treatment

Richard Kaplan et al. AIDS. .

Abstract

In a retrospective cohort analysis, loss to follow-up and mortality rates were compared between pregnant and nonpregnant women referred to a community-based antiretroviral treatment program in South Africa. Although there was no significant difference in adjusted mortality rates between the two groups, the pregnant women had a substantially higher risk of loss to follow-up both pretreatment and on-treatment. This finding highlights the need for programmatic interventions to address retention in care for this patient population.

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(a) Survival from date of starting ART for pregnant and non-pregnant women. The Kaplan-Meier plot shows a comparison of survival rates for pregnant and non-pregnant women from start of ART, with losses due to mortality at 3 years of 5% for the pregnant women and 11% for the non-pregnant women. (p=0.045) (b) Cumulative proportion not lost to follow-up for pregnant and non-pregnant women. The Kaplan-Meier plot shows cumulative proportion of pregnant and non-pregnant women who were not LTFU. At 3 years on ART, 32% of the pregnant women and 13% of the non-pregnant women were LTFU. (p<0.001)
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