Greater weight gain in pregnancy reduces the risk of adverse outcomes for women with HIV

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Women with HIV who gained weight during pregnancy after starting dolutegravir-based treatment were less likely to experience birth outcomes such as premature birth, stillbirth or an infant that was small for gestational age, analysis of a large clinical trial has shown.

Weight gained during pregnancy was more likely to be maintained in the year after giving birth by women taking dolutegravir than those taking efavirenz, especially if dolutegravir was taken with tenofovir alafenamide.

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