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. 2013 Nov;27(11):596–603. doi: 10.1089/apc.2013.0203

Table 2.

Comparison of Quality of Life Scores Between HIV-Infected Children Categorized by Treatment Arms and Healthy Children

 
 
Baseline
Week 144
  Healthy children All HIV-infected children pa Early pa Deferred pa All HIV-infected children pa Early pa Deferred pa
Health perception 79.9 (13.2) 70.5 (17.4) <0.01 69.6 (16.5) <0.01 71.2 (18.2) <0.01 77.2 (12.8) <0.01 77.6 (12.1)b <0.01 76.9 (13.5)b <0.01
Physical resilience 77.3 (12.6) 70.4 (13.1) <0.01 69.2 (13.2) <0.01 71.6 (13.1) <0.01 74.6 (12.1) <0.01 75.8 (11.7)b <0.01 73.5 (12.4) <0.01
Physical functioning 90.4 (13.7) 87.2 (12.8) <0.01 86.8 (12.5) <0.01 87.7 (13.1) <0.01 93.7 (11.4) <0.01 94.1 (11.2)b <0.01 93.4 (11.7)b 0.03
Psychosocial well-being 84.7 (11.7) 78.7 (15.8) <0.01 77.4 (17.4) <0.01 79.6 (14.4) 0.01 83.2 (14.9) 0.68 84.2 (13.6)b 0.87 82.7 (14.7) 0.41
Social functioning 98.4 (4.8) 96.5 (8.1) 0.01 96.3 (8.6) 0.03 96.7 (7.7) 0.03 97.3 (7.3) 0.24 97.4 (8.1) 0.77 97.4 (6.4) 0.10
Health care utilization 99.1 (3.1) 92.6 (7.1) <0.01 93.0 (7.0) <0.01 92.0 (7.4) <0.01 96.1 (4.8) <0.01 96.2 (4.8)b <0.01 96.1 (4.9)b <0.01
Symptoms 96.4 (4.4) 90.5 (7.7) <0.01 91.1 (7.2) <0.01 89.8 (8.3) <0.01 94.3 (6.1) 0.01 95.0 (6.0)b 0.01 93.6 (6.3)b <0.01

Data are presented as mean (SD). ap values were compared with QOL scores in age-matched healthy children. bWhen compared within this arm, the QOL scores in this domain increased significantly compared to baseline scores (p<0.01).