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Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2008 Mar 1;47(3):320. doi: 10.1097/qai.0b013e31815e7436

TABLE 2.

Laterality of Breast Milk HIV Viral Load (A) and Breast Milk Sodium Levels (B), Right Versus Left Breast, at 1 Week, 1 Month, and 4 Months Postpartum

	1 Wk (n = 101)			1 Mo (n = 65)		4 Mo (n = 17)
Detectable Viral Load	n (%)	Median (R, L) Copies/mL	n (%)	Median (R, L) Copies/mL	n (%)	Median (R, L) Copies/mL
Both breasts	35 (34.7)	544, 1241	37 (56.9)	666, 1136	11 (64.7)	289, 464
Single breast	20 (19.8)	118, 74	10 (15.4)	253, 429	1 (5.9)	71
Neither breast	46 (45.4)	—	18 (27.7)	—	5 (29.4)	—

	1 Wk (n = 119)		1 Mo (n = 77)	4 Mo (n = 18)
Elevated Sodium (mmol/L)	n (%)	Median (R, L)	n (%)	Median (R, L)	n (%)	Median (R, L)
Both breasts	31 (26.1)	18, 21	3 (5.9)	14, 16
Single breast	38 (31.9)	13,13	25 (32.5)	13, 13
Neither breast	50 (42.0)	8, 7	49 (63.6)	7, 7	18 (100)	5.5, 6

L indicates left; R, right.