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. 2018 Dec 13;21(12):e25214. doi: 10.1002/jia2.25214

Table 4.

Caregiver administration methods

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.