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. 2010 May 1;54(1):27-34.
doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181caea89.

Risk factors for detectable HIV-1 RNA at delivery among women receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy in the women and infants transmission study

Ingrid T Katz  1 , Roger Shapiro, Daner Li, Usha Govindarajulu, Bruce Thompson, D Heather Watts, Michael D Hughes, Ruth Tuomala
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Risk factors for detectable HIV-1 RNA at delivery among women receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy in the women and infants transmission study

Ingrid T Katz et al. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. .

Abstract

Background: Detectable HIV-1 RNA at delivery is the strongest predictor of mother-to-child transmission. The risk factors for detectable HIV, including type of regimen, are unknown. We evaluated factors, including highly active antiretroviral (HAART) regimen, associated with detectable HIV-1 RNA at delivery in the Women and Infants Transmission Study (WITS).

Methods: Data from 630 HIV-1-infected women who enrolled from 1998 to 2005 and received HAART during pregnancy were analyzed. Multivariable analyses examined associations between regimens, demographic factors, and detectable HIV-1 RNA (>400 copies/milliliter) at delivery.

Results: Overall, 32% of the women in the cohort had detectable HIV-1 RNA at delivery. Among the subset of 364 HAART-experienced women, a lower CD4 cell count at enrollment [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.20 per 100 cells/microL, confidence interval (CI) 1.04 to 1.37] and higher HIV-1 RNA at enrollment (AOR = 1.52 per log10 copies/milliliter, CI 1.32 to 1.75) were significantly associated with detectable HIV-1 RNA levels at delivery. For the 266 HAART-naive women, both lower CD4 cell count at enrollment (AOR = 1.24 per 100 cells/microL, CI 1.05 to 1.48) and higher HIV-1 RNA at enrollment (AOR = 1.35 per log10 copies/milliliter, CI 1.12 to 1.63) were associated with detectable HIV-1 RNA at delivery. In addition, age at delivery (AOR = 0.92 per 10 years older, CI 0.86 to 0.99) and maternal illicit drug use (AOR = 3.15, CI 1.34 to 7.41) were significantly associated with detectable HIV-1 RNA at delivery among HAART-naive women. Type of HAART regimen was not significant in either group.

Conclusions: Lack of viral suppression at delivery was common in the WITS cohort, but differences by antiretroviral regimen were not identified. Despite a transmission rate below 1% in the last 5 years of the WITS cohort, improved measures to maximize HIV-1 RNA suppression at term among high-risk women are warranted.

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