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. 2012 Aug 20;206(9):1453–1461. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jis508

Table 2.

Factors Associated With Long-Term Efavirenz Exposure Among 87 Subjects From the Women's Interagency HIV Study

Factor Effect on Hair (95% CI) P Distribution of Factor in Sample
Oranges or orange juice in preceding 5 d 1.19 (.88–1.60) .27 Consumed by 57 (65.5%)
For every doubling of ALT level 1.10 (.93–1.30) .25 Median ALT, 23 IU/L (range, 8–117 IU/L)
CYP2B6 516 G>T (rs3745274) 38 (43.7%), 0 doses
 0 or 1 dose of minor allele (GG, GT) 1.00 1.0 × 10−10 36 (41.4%), 1 dose
 2 doses of minor allele (TT) 3.2 (2.2–4.7) 13 (14.9%), 2 doses
CYP2B6 983 T>C (rs28399499) 0 doses of minor allele (TT) 1 or 2 doses of minor allele (TC,CC) …1.001.70 (1.09–2.7) .021 77 (88.5%), 0 doses9 (10.3%), 1 dose1 (1.1%), 2 doses
ABCB1 haplotype (2 SNPS: rs7779562 and rs4148745) 11 (12.6%), 0 doses
 0 doses of the haplotype 1.00 .31 38 (43.7%), 1 dose
 1 or 2 doses of the haplotype 1.24 (.82–1.88) 38 (43.7%), 2 doses
Self-reported adherence≤74%75–94%≥95% 1.00.94 (.45–1.96)1.10 (.56–2.2) .88.77 4 (4.6%)14 (16.1%)69 (79.3%)

Long-term exposure was evaluated in terms of the hair level per dose.

Abbreviations: ALT, alanine amino transferase; AUC, area under the concentration-time curve; CI, confidence interval.