Thokozile Rosemary Malaba1, Marie-Louise Newell2, Hlengiwe Madlala3, Alexander Perez3, Clive Gray4, Landon Myer3. 1. Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Research, School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. Electronic address: thoko.malaba@uct.ac.za. 2. Institute for Developmental Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. 3. Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Research, School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. 4. Division of Immunology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Heterogeneous findings exist on antiretroviral therapy (ART) use in pregnancy and preterm delivery (PTD) or infants born small-for-gestational age (SGA). Whether reported differences may be explained by methods used to ascertain gestational age (GA) has not been explored. METHODS: We enrolled consecutive pregnant women attending a large primary care antenatal clinic in South Africa. Public-sector midwives assessed GA by last menstrual period (LMP) and symphysis-fundal height (SFH). Separately, if clinical GA was less than 24 weeks, ultrasound (US) was performed by a research sonographer blinded to midwife assessments. In analysis, the impact of measurement error on the association between HIV/ART status and birth outcome by GA method was assessed, and factors associated with clinical GA underestimation or overestimation identified. RESULTS: In 1787 women included overall, estimated PTD incidence was 36% by LMP, 17% by SFH, and 11% by US. PTD risk was higher for HIV-infected than HIV-uninfected women using US-GA (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.95; 95% CI 1.10-3.46); for LMP/SFH-GA, the associations were smaller and not significant. These findings persisted after adjustment for age, parity, height, and previous PTD. PTD risk did not vary by timing of ART initiation (before or during pregnancy) for any method. Elevated BMI and older age were associated with decreased risk of underestimation by both LMP and SFH; HIV status and obesity were associated with increased risk of overestimation by SFH. There were no differences in SGA incidence across GA methods. CONCLUSIONS: Findings for an association between HIV/ART and birth outcomes are substantially influenced by GA assessment method. With growing public health interest in this association, future research efforts should seek to standardize optimal measures of gestation.
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