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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2017 Feb;30(1):21–30. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000325

Table 1.

Study, year Location, participant N Characteristics of HIV-infected adolescents Respiratory symptoms/signs Abnormal spirometry
Ferrand, et al. [8*], 2012 Harare, Zimbabwe
N=116
  • Mean age: 14 ± 2.6 years

  • 43% male

  • Mean age at HIV diagnosis: 12 years

  • Perinatally-acquired HIV: 100%

  • 69% on ART for median duration of 2 years

  • 66% chronic cough

  • 21% reduced exercise tolerance

  • 10% digital clubbing

  • 13% SaO2 <92% at rest

  • 29% hypoxia after sub-maximal exercise

  • 28% respiratory rate >25 bpm

  • OBSTRUCTED: 52/116 (45%) based on FEV1 <80% predicted
    • -
      Predicted values based on age-, sex-, and height-adjusted standards in healthy Malawian schoolchildren
McHugh, et al. [10*], 2016 Harare, Zimbabwe
N=385
  • Median age: 11 [615] years

  • 48% male

  • Median age at HIV diagnosis: 11 years

  • Perinatally-acquired HIV: 95%

  • All ART-naïve

  • 54% cough >1 month

  • 16% MRC dyspnoea score ≥2

  • 14% SaO2 <88%

  • 10% with SaO2 <88% after sub-maximal exercise

  • OBSTRUCTED: 23/238 (10%) had FEV1 and FEV1/FVC <1.64 SD below mean
    • -
      3 had bronchodilator reversibility
  • RESTRICTED: 43/238 (18%) had FVC <1.64 SD below mean and normal FEV1/FVC

Mwalukomo, et al. [11*], 2016 Blantyre, Malawi
N=160
  • Median age: 11 [1012] years

  • 50% male

  • Median age at HIV diagnosis: 8 years

  • Perinatally-acquired HIV: 56%

  • 74% on ART for median duration of 4 years

  • 38% cough

  • 34% moderate/severe dyspnoea

  • 22% digital clubbing

  • 21% SaO2 <92%

  • 36% respiratory rate >24 bpm

  • OBSTRUCTED: 26/145 (18%) had FEV1 and FEV1/FVC <LLN using GLI 2012 equations

  • RESTRICTED: 29/145 (20%) had FVC <LLN and FEV1/FVC ≥LLN using GLI 2012 equations

  • 15 of 55 with abnormal spirometry had bronchodilator reversibility, but overall median increase in FEV1 only 3%

Attia, et al. [12*], 2015 Nairobi, Kenya
N=55
  • Median age: 13 [1114] years

  • 54% male

  • Age at HIV diagnosis: Not reported

  • Perinatally-acquired HIV: 100%

  • 95% on ART

  • 60% cough

  • 51% sputum production

  • 31% wheeze (self-reported)

  • 11% SaO2 ≤92%

  • 38% SaO2 ≤92% after sub-maximal exercise

  • OBSTRUCTED:
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      10/55 (18%) pre-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC <0.7
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      8/55 (15%) post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC <0.7
Rylance S, et al. [14*], 2016 Harare, Zimbabwe
N=385 ART-naïve and 202 ART-treated
  • Median age: 11 [913] years

  • 45% male

  • Median age at HIV diagnosis: 11 years among ART-naïve vs 6 years among ART-treated

  • Perinatally-acquired HIV: 100%

  • Median duration of ART use: 6 years among ART-treated

ART-naïve compared to ART-treated:
  • Daily cough in 53 vs 15%

  • Dyspnoea in 12 vs 15%

  • Resting hypoxia in 14 vs 1%

  • Greater exercise limitation (walked 460 vs 770 m on shuttle walk testing)

ART-naïve compared to ART-treated:
  • Abnormal spirometry in 26 vs 24%

  • OBSTRUCTED: 24/262 (9%) vs 7/177 (4%)

  • RESTRICTED: 43/262 (16%) vs 36/177 (20%)
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      based on reduced FVC
Rylance J, et al. [15*], 2016 Harare, Zimbabwe
N=202 HIV-infected and 150 age-matched HIV-uninfected
  • Median age: 11 [913] years

  • 51% male

  • Median age at HIV diagnosis: 6 years

  • Perinatally-acquired HIV: 99.5%

  • All HIV-infected receiving ART; ART initiated at a median age of 6 years

HIV-infected compared to HIV-uninfected:
  • Daily cough in 15 vs 1%

  • Dyspnoea in 15 vs 0%

  • Sputum production in 10 vs 1%

  • Respiratory rate >25 bpm in 14 vs 6%

  • Greater exercise limitation (walked 771 vs 889 m on shuttle walk testing)

HIV-infected compared to HIV-uninfected:
  • OBSTRUCTED: 4/177 (4%) vs 1/130 (1%)

  • RESTRICTED: 36/177 (20%) vs 14/130 (11%)
    • -
      based on reduced FVC
  • 11/31 (36%) vs 2/6 (33%) had bronchodilator reversibility (only those with abnormal spirometry were tested)

Githinji, et al. [18**], 2016 Cape Town, South Africa
N=515 HIV-infected and 110 age-, sex-, ethnically-matched HIV-uninfected controls
  • Mean age: 12 ± 1.6 years

  • 52% male

  • Age at HIV diagnosis: Not reported

  • Perinatally-acquired HIV: 100%

  • Median duration of ART use: 8 years

Not reported HIV-infected compared to HIV-uninfected:
  • OBSTRUCTED: 44/515 (9%) among HIV-infected
    • -
      FEV1: 1.60 L in HIV-infected vs 1.86 L in HIV-uninfected
  • RESTRICTED: 75/515 (15%) among HIV-infected based on measured lung volumes
    • -
      FVC: 1.80 L in HIV-infected vs 2.00 L in HIV-uninfected
  • 75/515 (15%) vs 9/110 (8%) had bronchodilator reversibility

  • Overall, HIV-infected had reduced lung function (i.e., lung volumes, airflow, compliance) compared to HIV-uninfected

Shearer, et al. [19*], 2015 United States (multiple sites)
N=216 HIV-infected and 151 HIV-exposed uninfected
  • Median age: 17 [1419] years

  • 42% male

  • Age at HIV diagnosis: Not reported

  • Perinatally-acquired HIV: 100%

  • ART use: Not reported

Not reported HIV-infected compared to HIV-uninfected:
  • OBSTRUCTED: 42/188 (22%) vs 28/132 (21%) had FEV1 <80% or FEV1/FVC <0.8

  • RESTRICTED: 18/188 (10%) vs 17/132 (13%) had FVC <80% and FEV1/FVC ≥0.8

  • 17/188 (9%) vs 21/132 (17%) had bronchodilator reversibility

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    Predicted values calculated based on normative equations generated using values from healthy children in NHANES III