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. 2017 Jan;6(1):27–31. doi: 10.21037/tp.2016.04.03

Table 3. Comparison between children with no abnormalities reported by parents to those with (behavioral disorders, cognitive/developmental delay, weight and growth retardation or cancers).

Clinical abnormalities Behavioral disorders, cognitive/developmental delay, delay in weight gain and growth or cancers
Yes No P
N 10 49 -
In utero ZDV exposure 8 25 0.16
In utero 3 NRTIs exposure 3 1 0.01
Per-partum ZDV 9/9 40/49 0.99
Hyperlactatemia 3 23 0.49
One parent family 4 13 0.45
Parents from sub-Saharan Africa 4 31 0.29
Premature birth, (gestational age <37 weeks gestation) 3 1 0.01

ZDV, zidovudine; NRTIs, nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors.