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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: HIV Med. 2011 Feb 1;12(2):97–108. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2010.00856.x

Table 4.

Estimated Teratogenic Events per 1,000 HIV-infected Women

Teratogenic Events per
100,000 HIV-infected
Women
Excess Events per
100,000 HIV-infected
Women
Base Case

Age-adjusted Pregnancy Rate: 7.4 pregnancies per 100 person-years
 No efavirenz exposure 72.46
 With efavirenz exposure 77.26 4.80

Sensitivity Analysis Results

Age-specific Pregnancy Rates
Ages 15-24 years: 18.1 pregnancies per 100 person-years
 No efavirenz exposure 177.24
 With efavirenz exposure 188.96 11.73
Ages 25-34 years: 6.5 pregnancies per 100 person-years
 No efavirenz exposure 63.65
 With efavirenz exposure 67.86 4.21
Ages 35-44 years: 1.4 pregnancies per 100 person-years
 No efavirenz exposure 13.71
 With efavirenz exposure 14.62 0.91
Live Birth Rate (base case: 36%)

Live birth rate: 27%
 No efavirenz exposure 54.35
 With efavirenz exposure 57.94 3.60
Live birth rate: 45%
 No efavirenz exposure 90.58
 With efavirenz exposure 96.57 5.99
Sensitivity Analysis on Rates of Teratogenic Events Among HIV-Infected Women
Prevalence of Teratogenic Events with Efavirenz (base case: 2.9%)
Lower Bound of the 95% Confidence Interval for the Mean (1.6%)
 No efavirenz exposure 72.46
 With efavirenz exposure 42.62 −29.84
Upper Bound of the 95% Confidence Interval for the Mean (4.9%)
 No efavirenz exposure 72.46
 With efavirenz exposure 130.54 58.08
Prevalence of Teratogenic Events without Efavirenz (base case: 2.72%)
Lower Bound of the 95% Confidence Interval for the Mean (2.68%)
 No efavirenz exposure 71.40
 With efavirenz exposure 77.26 5.86
Upper Bound of the 95% Confidence Interval for the Mean (2.76%)
 No efavirenz exposure 73.53
 With efavirenz exposure 77.26 3.73