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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 2.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS. 2015 Jan 2;29(1):91–100. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000499

Table 4.

Adjusted differences in structural echocardiographic parameter mean Z-scores with at least marginal significance for 411 HIV-exposed uninfected children in SMARTT exposed vs. unexposed in utero to specific ARV regimens or drugs

ARV Exposure Percent
Exposed
Left Ventricular Structural Echocardiographic Parametera
Short Axis
Dimension
Posterior Wall
Thickness
Septal Thickness Mass Wall Stress Thickness-to-
Dimension Ratio

Mean (95% CI),
P value
Mean (95% CI),
P value
Mean (95% CI),
P value
Mean (95% CI),
P value
Mean (95% CI),
P value
Mean (95% CI),
P value
ANYTIME DURING PREGNANCY
cARV 95% -0.44 (-0.85,-0.02) 0.040 0.05 (-0.34,0.44) 0.82 0.14 (-0.23,0.50) 0.46 -0.16 (-0.54,0.23) 0.43 -0.12 (-0.63,0.39) 0.65 0.14 (-0.25,0.54) 0.47
Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor (NRTIs)
 Abacavir 28% -0.22 (-0.41,-0.02) 0.031 0.18 (-0.01,0.36) 0.061 0.02 (-0.16,0.19) 0.84 -0.09 (-0.27,0.10) 0.36 -0.16 (-0.40,0.08) 0.19 0.23 (0.06,0.41) 0.010
 Didanosine 6% -0.11 (-0.49,0.27) 0.59 0.20 (-0.18,0.58) 0.30 0.05 (-0.30,0.40) 0.78 -0.03 (-0.41,0.35) 0.89 -0.48 (-0.96,0.00) 0.051 0.26 (-0.10,0.62) 0.15
Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor (NRTIs)
 Nevirapine 14% -0.01 (-0.26,0.24) 0.93 0.21 (-0.03,0.45) 0.084 0.22 (-0.00,0.45) 0.052 0.24 (-0.00,0.47) 0.053 -0.16 (-0.47,0.16) 0.33 0.12 (-0.11,0.35) 0.31
Protease Inhibitors (PIs)
 Atazanavir 8% -0.38 (-0.71,-0.04) 0.030 0.47 (0.15,0.78) 0.004 -0.14 (-0.44,0.15) 0.34 -0.15 (-0.46,0.17) 0.36 -0.11 (-0.52,0.31) 0.62 0.61 (0.30,0.91) <0.001
 Nelfinavir 43% -0.03 (-0.21,0.16) 0.76 -0.21 (-0.38,-0.04) 0.017 -0.10 (-0.26,0.06) 0.22 -0.12 (-0.29,0.05) 0.16 0.07 (-0.15,0.30) 0.51 -0.21 (-0.38,-0.04) 0.017
 Lopinavir/RTV 27% 0.10 (-0.10,0.30) 0.33 -0.19 (-0.38,0.00) 0.055 -0.13 (-0.31,0.05) 0.16 -0.12 (-0.31,0.07) 0.21 0.02 (-0.23,0.27) 0.88 -0.16 (-0.34,0.02) 0.083

FIRST TRIMESTER EXPOSURES
cARV 49% -0.19 (-0.37,-0.01) 0.040 0.20 (0.03,0.37) 0.023 -0.02 (-0.18,0.14) 0.81 -0.02 (-0.19,0.15) 0.81 -0.27 (-0.49,-0.05) 0.016 0.18 (0.02,0.35) 0.030
Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor (NRTIs)
 Zidovudine 39% -0.15 (-0.33,0.04) 0.12 0.19 (0.02,0.37) 0.031 0.02 (-0.15,0.18) 0.85 0.01 (-0.16,0.19) 0.91 -0.27 (-0.49,-0.05) 0.017 0.14 (-0.04,0.31) 0.12
 Lamivudine 42% -0.10 (-0.29,0.08) 0.27 0.18 (0.01,0.35) 0.039 -0.01 (-0.17,0.15) 0.91 0.04 (-0.13,0.21) 0.63 -0.21 (-0.43,0.01) 0.068 0.11 (-0.06,0.28) 0.20
 Abacavir 14% -0.14 (-0.40,0.12) 0.28 0.22 (-0.02,0.46) 0.075 -0.01 (-0.23,0.22) 0.96 -0.03 (-0.27,0.21) 0.82 -0.25 (-0.57,0.07) 0.13 0.23 (-0.00,0.45) 0.052
Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor (NNRTIs)
 Nevirapine 10% -0.08 (-0.38,0.21) 0.58 0.34 (0.06,0.62) 0.019 0.24 (-0.02,0.50) 0.076 0.28 (0.00,0.56) 0.049 -0.15 (-0.52,0.21) 0.41 0.23 (-0.04,0.50) 0.094
Protease Inhibitors (PIs)
 Atazanavir 5% -0.37 (-0.77,0.02) 0.064 0.64 (0.27,1.01) 0.001 -0.09 (-0.44,0.27) 0.63 -0.00 (-0.38,0.37) 0.99 -0.15 (-0.65,0.35) 0.55 0.72 (0.37,1.07) <0.001
 Nelfinavir 19% -0.11 (-0.35,0.12) 0.34 -0.05 (-0.28,0.17) 0.64 -0.18 (-0.39,0.03) 0.093 -0.13 (-0.35,0.09) 0.26 -0.02 (-0.30,0.25) 0.87 -0.12 (-0.34,0.11) 0.31
 Lopinavir/RTV 11% -0.02 (-0.29,0.26) 0.91 -0.05 (-0.32,0.21) 0.70 -0.12 (-0.36,0.13) 0.36 -0.13 (-0.39,0.13) 0.33 -0.30 (-0.65,0.05) 0.094 -0.02 (-0.27,0.23) 0.86

ARV = antiretroviral, BMI = body mass index, LV = left ventricular

a

Each echocardiographic parameter was modeled separately in an adjusted linear regression model comparing those with the exposure of interest to unexposed (to that ARV regimen or drug), with adjustment for covariates as follows: child’s race, child’s sex, child’s BMI, and mother’s age at delivery (LV short axis dimension); mother’s alcohol use during pregnancy (LV posterior wall thickness); mother’s alcohol use during pregnancy and child’s sex (septal thickness); maternal alcohol use during pregnancy, child’s sex and child’s BMI (LV mass);age at echo, child’s sex, and mother’s age at delivery (LV wall stress); child’s race, mother’s alcohol use during pregnancy and child’s BMI (LV thickness-to-dimension ratio)