Maternal weight and birth outcomes among women on antiretroviral treatment from conception in a birth surveillance study in Botswana.
Rebecca ZashEllen C CanigliaModiegi DisekoGloria MayondiJudith MabutaRebecca LuckettG Justus HofmeyrChelsea MorroniDoreen Ramogola-MasirePaige L WilliamsChloe ZeraBlair J WylieJoseph MakhemaShahin LockmanRoger L ShapiroPublished in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2021)
ART regimens associated with weight gain may reduce the number of women at risk for certain severe adverse pregnancy outcomes associated with low weight but increase the number at risk of macrosomia and maternal hypertension. Further research could determine whether weight-based ART treatment strategies improve maternal and child health.
Keyphrases
- pregnancy outcomes
- weight gain
- body mass index
- birth weight
- pregnant women
- weight loss
- hiv infected
- physical activity
- blood pressure
- public health
- antiretroviral therapy
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv positive
- early onset
- type diabetes
- skeletal muscle
- metabolic syndrome
- combination therapy
- electronic health record
- smoking cessation