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Women were categorised as ZDVm-experienced if, according to NSHPC or UK CHIC data, they had ever used short-term ZDVm during pregnancy.
Where ethnicity was somewhat discrepant, for example 'black-other' versus 'other' (n = 161), UK CHIC data was used in the final dataset (as ethnicity is reported multiple times for women seen in multiple years in UK CHIC).
Other differences between matched and non-matched women, such as age at first pregnancy, could be attributed to the difference in the proportion attending care in London, as much of the UK CHIC data comes from London sites.
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Half (49.6%, n = 1024) the women in the combined dataset had data in UK CHIC prior to their first reported pregnancy; these women had clinical data in UK CHIC for a median of 2.8 (IQR 1.2-5.4) years before the pregnancy.
The majority of pregnancies with no postnatal data in UK CHIC, resulted in a live-birth (92.5%, 198/214) and less than half (36.0%, 77/214) had data in UK CHIC before the pregnancy.
The UK CHIC study does not collect data on pill burden or use of fixed-dose regimens (FDRs), so these could not be assessed as potential factors associated with viral rebound.
The majority of pregnancies (starting before 2009) had CD4 or viral load data in UK CHIC following the pregnancy (92.0%, 2471/2685), for a median of 3.8 (IQR 1.8-6.4 1.8-6.4and the median time between deliveryears next virandload or CD4 assessmentheas 1.8 (IQR 1.1-3.5) median.
Of the records linked using DOB which did not meet the matching criteria (4916 pairs; 3014 UK CHIC records and 3285 NSHPC records, many of which linked to multiple records with the same DOB), 137 (2.8%) pairs had ever been seen at the same site for antenatal and routine HIV care and had clinical data in UK CHIC at the time they were pregnant.
Clinical data was available in UK CHIC following most pregnancies (92.0%, 2471/2685 pregnancies starting before 2009).
The UK Collaborative HIV Cohort UKK CHIC) is an observational study that collates data on HIV-positive adults accessing HIV clinical care at (currently) 13 large clinics in the UK but does not collect pregnancy specific data.
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