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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 2.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Intern Med. 2009 Jul 13;169(13):1224–1232. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.172

Table 2. Selected Grade 3 or 4 Adverse Events by Treatment Strategy.

By Week 24 By Week 48
LPV/r QD
(n=161)
LPV/r QD/DOT
(n=82)
LPV/r QD
(n=161)
LPV/r QD/DOT
(n=82)
Any Event 55 (34%) 30 (37%) 62 (39%) 31 (38%)
Any Sign/Symptom 26 (16%) 9 (11%) 27 (17%) 10 (12%)
Diarrhea/loose stools 3 (2%) 0 (0%) 3 (2%) 0 (0%)
Nausea and/or vomiting 8 (5%) 0 (0%) 9 (6%) 0 (0%)
Ache/pain/discomfort 8 (5%) 2 (2%) 9 (6%) 3 (4%)
Fever 3 (2%) 1 (1%) 4 (2%) 1 (1%)
Headache 3 (2%) 0 (0%) 3 (2%) 0 (0%)
Cognition 3 (2%) 1 (1%) 3 (2%) 1 (1%)
Mental status changes 3 (2%) 0 (0%) 3 (2%) 0 (0%)
Any Laboratory Abnormality 38 (24%) 22 (27%) 44 (27%) 22 (27%)
ALT (SGPT) [U/L] 6 (4%) 1 (1%) 9 (6%) 1 (1%)
AST (SGOT) [U/L] 4 (2%) 1 (1%) 7 (4%) 1 (1%)
GGT [U/L] 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 3 (2%) 0 (0%)
Lipase [U/L] 8 (5%) 6 (7%) 8 (5%) 6 (7%)
Neutropenia (ANC) [per mm3] 4 (2%) 9 (11%) 4 (2%) 9 (11%)
Creatine phosphokinase [U/L] 9 (6%) 4 (5%) 11 (7%) 4 (5%)
Glucose (non-fasting) (mg/dL) 4 (2%) 1 (1%) 6 (4%) 2 (2%)
Triglycerides (fasting) (mg/dL) 4 (2%) 1 (1%) 4 (2%) 1 (1%)
Triglycerides (non-fasting) (mg/dL) 6 (4%) 4 (5%) 6 (4%) 5 (6%)

Only events present in 2% or more of the participants are listed.

Table numbers give the numbers of participants reporting at least one event at a given grade.

For each event, only the highest grade recorded for each subject that was at least one grade higher than baseline is counted, similarly, for category and overall totals.