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. 2014 Sep 1;11:29. doi: 10.1186/1742-6405-11-29

Table 2.

Effectiveness of first-line antiretroviral therapy at 6, 12, and 24 months from start of antiretroviral therapy (ART) stratified by regimen and calendar year

 
 
6 months
12 months
24 months
Overall   N (%) N (%) N (%)
 
For patients with HIV VL
754/980 (76.9)
802/1054 (76.1)
637/938 (67.9)
 
Best-case scenarioa
1085/1311 (82.8)
1059/1311 (80.8)
1010/1311 (77.0)
 
Worst-case scenariob
754/1311 (57.5)
802/1311 (61.2)
637/1311 (48.6)
Stratified by type of ART regimen
 
 
 
NNRTI-based
 
 
 
 
 
For patients with HIV VL
583/740 (78.8)
603/784 (76.9)
503/711 (70.7)
 
Best-case scenario
830/987 (84.1)
806/987 (81.7)
779/987 (78.9)
 
Worst-case scenario
583/987 (59.1)
603/987 (61.1)
503/987 (51.0)
PI-based
 
 
 
 
For patients with HIV VL
171/240 (71.3)
199/270 (73.7)
134/227 (59.0)
 
Best-case scenario
255/324 (78.7)
253/324 (78.1)
231/324 (71.3)
 
Worst-case scenario
171/324 (52.8)
199/324 (61.4)
134/324 (41.4)
Stratified by calendar year of ART initiation
 
 
 
2000-2004
 
 
 
 
 
For patients with HIV VL
157/252 (62.3)
188/297 (63.3)
171/287 (59.6)
 
Best-case scenario
297/392 (75.8)
283/392 (72.2)
276/392 (70.4)
 
Worst-case scenario
157/392 (40.1)
188/392 (48.0)
171/392 (43.6)
2005-2010
 
 
 
 
 
For patients with HIV VL
597/728 (82.0)
614/757 (81.1)
466/651 (71.6)
 
Best-case scenario
788/919 (85.7)
776/919 (84.4)
734/919 (79.9)
  Worst-case scenario 597/919 (65.0) 614/919 (66.8) 466/919 (50.7)

HIV: human immunodeficiency virus, VL: viral load, PI: protease inhibitor, NNRTI: non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor.

aBest-case scenario assumes missing viral load data as suppression.

bWorst-case scenario assumes missing viral loads data as failures.