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. 2012 May 9;55(3):449–460. doi: 10.1093/cid/cis461

Table 3.

Maternal HIV Disease Progression–Classifying Events Occurring up to 2 Years After Deliverya

Events Triple ARV, No. (%) [cumulative] AZT/sdNVP, No. (%) [cumulative]
All women n = 384 n = 405
 Death 2 (0.5) [2] 5 (1.2) [5]
 WHO stage 4 disease 2 (0.5) [4] 7 (1.7) [11]
 At least 1 CD4+ count of <200 cells/mm3 39 (10.2) [40] 68 (16.8) [71]
 Started on ART (whether or not having reached >1 of the above endpoints) 39 (10.2) [55] 65 (16.1) [88]
Women with CD4+ count of ≥350 cells/mm3 at entry n = 169 n = 181
 Death 1 (0.6) [1] 0 (0.0) [0]
 WHO stage 4 disease 0 (0.0) [1] 2 (1.1) [2]
 WHO stage 3 disease 11 (6.5) [12] 15 (8.3) [15]
 At least 1 CD4+ count of <350 cells/mm3 43 (25.4) [49] 62 (34.3) [65]
Started on ART (whether or not having reached one or more of the above endpoints) 7 (4.1) [49] 8 (4.4) [65]

Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral therapy; AZT/sdNVP, zidovudine until delivery with single-dose nevirapine without postpartum prophylaxis; HIV-1, human immunodeficiency virus type 1; Triple ARV, zidovudine, lamivudine, and lopinavir/ritonavir during pregnancy and breastfeeding; WHO, World Health Organization.

aOne woman could have >1 event.