Table 3.

Quality of Life Scores in Deferred Group at Baseline and Week 144 by ART Status

	Baseline			Week 144
	Started ART	Still ART-naïve at week 144		Started ART#	Still ART-naïve at week 144
Mean (SD) QOL in deferred group	(N=69)	(N=81)	p	(N=59)	(N=81)	p
Health perception	67.9 (19.1)	73.6 (17.2)	0.06	77.8 (11.8)	76.3 (14.9)	0.53
Physical resilience	70.1 (12.1)	72.4 (72.4)	0.31	72.5 (10.4)	73.9 (14)	0.55
Physical functioning	84.3 (14.7)	90.2 (11.1)	0.01	91.4 (12.6)	95.0 (10.6)	0.07
Psychosocial well-being	78.2 (13.9)	79.8 (14.6)	0.59	82.7 (13.8)	82.0 (15)	0.99
Social functioning	98.9 (4.1)	95.1 (9.3)	0.003	98.2 (6.1)	96.6 (6.6)	0.20
Health care utilization	92.2 (7.9)	92.0 (7.1)	0.88	95.4 (5.3)	96.6 (4.4)	0.17
Symptoms	88.1 (8.4)	90.7 (7.9)	0.06	93.2 (6.1)	94.0 (6.4)	0.44

Data of children who started ART at least 12 weeks before week 144 were included.