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. 2010 Feb 16;7(2):e1000233. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000233

Table 2. Baseline characteristics of participants enrolled by prior exposure to single-dose nevirapine in the NNRTI Response Study—Zambia, Kenya, Thailand (2005–2008).

Characteristics Unexposed to Single-Dose Nevirapine (N = 523) Exposed to Single-Dose Nevirapine (N = 355) Total
n (%) Median (IQR) n (%) Median (IQR) n (%) Median (IQR)
Age, y 33 (29–39) 29 (26–33)* 32 (28–36)
<30 136 (26) 182 (51) 318 (36)
Weight, kg 52 (47–58) 51 (45–58) 52 (46–58)
<50 200 (38) 145 (41) 345 (39)
Body mass index, kg/m2 20.2 (18.4–22.6) 19.7 (18.0–22.3) 20.0 (18.3–22.5)
<18 111 (21) 89 (25) 200 (23)
WHO stage
I or II 236 (45) 180 (51) 416 (47)
III 219 (42) 139 (39) 358 (41)
IV 68 (13) 36 (10) 104 (12)
CD4+ lymphocyte count, cells/µl 139 (71–209) 160 (90–219)* 147.5 (77–215)
0 to 49 98 (19) 46 (13) 144 (16)
50 to 199 280 (54) 199 (56) 479 (55)
≥200 145 (28) 110 (31) 255 (29)
Plasma viral load, log copies/ml [missing = 6] 5.2 (4.6–5.6) 5.0 (4.3–5.4)* 5.1 (4.5–5.5)
<4.0 52 (10) 62 (17) 114 (13)
4.0 to <5.0 179 (34) 117 (33) 296 (34)
≥5.0 288 (55) 174 (49) 462 (53)
Hemoglobin, g/dl (missing = 16) 10.8 (9.5–12.0) 11.0 (9.8–12.2) 10.9 (9.6–12.1)
<8.0 31 (6) 23 (7) 54 (6)
NNRTI initially prescribed
NVP 481 (91) 339 (95) 820 (93)
EFV 42 (8) 16 (5) 58 (7)
TB at baseline 53 (10) 18 (5) 71 (8)

*p-Value<0.05, compared to unexposed by Wilcoxon rank-sum test.