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. 2011 Aug 15;14:42. doi: 10.1186/1758-2652-14-42

Table 2.

Infant outcomes according to maternal antiretroviral regimens and duration of treatment in pregnancy

Variables Early HAART-exposed P Late HAART-exposed P


PI-based HAART NVP-based HAART EFV-based HAART PI-based HAART NVP-based HAART EFV-based HAART
Birth weight (kg): n (%) N = 135 N = 158 N = 95 N = 284 N = 103 N = 20
mean (SD) 3.0 (0.6) 2.9 (0.5) 2.7 (0.6) 0.002 2.9 (0.5) 2.9 (0.5) 2.8 (0.5) 0.59
0.75-1.49 5 (4) 0 (0) 3 (3) 2 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0)
1.5-2.49 18 (13) 31 (20) 33 (35) 46 (16) 23 (22) 5 (25)
>2.5 112 (83) 127 (80) 59 (62) <0.001 236 (83) 80 (78) 15 (75) 0.50

Gestation: n (%) N = 131 N = 167 N = 91 N = 290 N = 116 N = 21
extremely premature (<34 weeks) 13 (10) 15 (9) 12 (13) 0 (0) 3 (3) 0 (0)
preterm (34-36 weeks) 6 (5) 25 (15) 10 (11) 9 (3) 8 (7) 1 (5)
term/postdates (>36 weeks) 112 (86) 127 (76) 69 (76) 0.048 281 (97) 105 (91) 20 (95) 0.024

Birth weight - gestation n (%) N = 123 N = 128 N = 61 N = 280 N = 101 N = 19
AGA 83 (67) 110 (86) 39 (64) 153 (55) 79 (78) 13 (61)
SGA 26 (21) 13 (10) 18 (30) 121 (43) 20 (20) 6 (32) 0.001
LGA 14 (11) 5 (4) 4 (7) 0.001 6 (2) 2 (2) 0 (0)

Infant HIV status: n (%) N = 106 N = 156 N = 88 N = 214 N = 87 N = 15
HIV PCR positive 1 (1) 6 (4) 1 (1) 0.22 17 (8) 13 (15) 1 (7) 0.17

HAART - highly active antiretroviral treatment; early HAART - HAART initiation <28 weeks of pregnancy; late HAART - HAART initiation at ≥28 weeks of pregnancy; PI - protease inhibitor, NVP - nevirapine; EFV - efavirenz; SD - standard deviation; SGA - small for gestational age; AGA - appropriate for gestational age; LGA - large for gestational age; PCR - polymerase chain reaction