Table 4.
Administration method (baseline) | Switched from LPV/r syrup | ART naïve | Exclusively breastfed | Mixed feeding | Solid foods | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Directly in infant's mouth | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
Pellets in milk and/or other liquid | 19 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 22 |
Pellets in porridge or other solid food | 32 | 4 | 2a | 7b | 28 | 37 |
Total | 6 | 15 | 51 | 72c |
ART, antiretroviral therapy; LPV/r, lopinavir/ritonavir.
aPatients with exclusive breastfeeding and administration in solid food may represent data collection or entry error; bone of the patients in this group had an unknown status on whether they started on oral pellets or were switched at baseline; ctwo caregivers did not respond to the questions on administration preference.