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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2002 Sep;141(3):327–334. doi: 10.1067/mpd.2002.126301

Table I. Baseline prevalence and cumulative 5-year incidence of cardiac complications in the cohort of children known to be HIV-infected at enrollment (group I).

Complication Prevalence Incidence


Frequency % No. of events 5-year incidence 95% CI
↓Fractional shortening (≤25%) (11/193) 5.7 38 27.6 19.8, 35.4
↓Fractional shortening (19% – 25%) (8/193) 4.1 39 28.0 20.2, 35.8
↓Fractional shortening (<19%) (3/193) 1.6 9 7.4 2.4, 12.4
↑LVED dimension (Z score >2) (16/192) 8.3 29 21.7 14.4, 29.0
↑LVED dimension (Z score >3) (2/192) 1.0 11 7.3 3.0, 11.5
↑LVES dimension (Z score >2) (34/192) 17.7 53 42.7 33.5, 51.9
↑LVES dimension (Z score >3) (10/192) 5.2 29 20.0 13.3, 26.7
Cardiomegaly (radiography) (28/201) 13.9 46 39.0 28.9, 49.2
Pericardial effusion (≥5 mm maximal diameter) (0/201) 0.0 4 2.8 0.1, 5.5
↑Heart rate (echocardiogram) (Z score >2) (41/196) 20.9 103 77.6 70.1, 85.1
↑Heart rate (echocardiogram) (Z score >3) (14/196) 7.1 62 42.2 33.9, 50.5
CHF (2/201) 1.0 19 14.0 7.9, 20.1
CHF and/or cardiac medications (9/201) 4.5 40 28.8 20.8, 36.7
Cardiac impairment (14/201) 7.0 56 39.1 30.7, 47.5