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ObjectiveTo explore potential relationships between HIV and highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART), and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP).MethodsA retrospective secondary analysis of maternal-deaths data from the 2011-2013 Saving Mothers Report from South Africa. The incidence of HIV infection amongst individuals who died owing to HDP was determined and comparisons were made based on HIV status and the use of HAART.ResultsAmong 4452 maternal deaths recorded in the Saving Mothers report, a lower risk of a maternal deaths being due to HDP was observed among women who had HIV infections compared with women who did not have HIV (relative risk [RR] 0.57, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.51-0.64). Further, reduced odds of death being due to HDP were recorded among women with AIDS not undergoing HAART compared with women with HIV who did not require treatment (RR 0.42, 95% CI 0.3-0.58). Notably, among all women with AIDS, a greater risk of death due to HDP was demonstrated among those who received HAART compared with those who did not (RR 1.15, 95% CI 1.02-1.29).ConclusionHIV and AIDS were associated with a decreased risk of HDP being the primary cause of death; the use of HAART increased this risk.

Original publication

DOI

10.1002/ijgo.12038

Type

Journal

International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics

Publication Date

02/2017

Volume

136

Pages

195 - 199

Addresses

Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.

Keywords

Humans, HIV Infections, Pre-Eclampsia, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, Maternal Mortality, Risk Factors, Retrospective Studies, Pregnancy, Adult, South Africa, Female