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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020 Jul 1;84(3):313–322. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002350

TABLE 3.

Safety in Women During Pregnancy and Up to 1 Month After Delivery*

Intensification Group, (N = 89) Observational Group, (N = 234) P All Women (N = 323)

At least one SAE, n (%) 4 (4%) 21 (9%) 0.245 25 (8%)
SAEs, n 4 23 27
 HIV related, n 1 1 2
 Pregnancy related, n 0 8 8
 Delivery related, n 1 5 6
 Possibly ART related, n 0 1 1
 Infections, n 1 5 6
 Others, n 1 3 4
Metabolic toxicity at least once at any visit 19 (21%) 68 (29%) 0.206 87 (27%)
 Anemia grade ≥2, n 1 12 0.123 13
 Fasting glucose grade ≥2, n 0 6 0.193 6
 Fasting cholesterol grade ≥3, n 12 35 0.860 47
 Fasting triglycerides grade ≥2, n 1 6 0.678 7
 Total bilirubin grade ≥1, n 3 13 0.571 16
 Alanine aminotransferase grade ≥2, n 1 4 >0.99 5
Rashes
 At delivery, n 1 0 0.276 1
 7–10 days postpartum, n 0 0 0
Delivery outcomes
 Preterm (<37 weeks’ GA), n (%) 8 (9%) 24 (10%) 0.837 32 (10%)
 Very preterm (<34 weeks’ GA), n (%) 0 (0%) 4 (2%) 0.579 4 (1%)
 Stillborn, n (%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 Low birth weight (<2500 g), n (%) 8 (9%) 58 (25%) 0.001 66 (20%)
 Very low birth weight (<2000 g), n (%) 1 (1%) 9 (4%) 0.295 10 (3%)
 Small for GA (<10th percentile), n (%) 1 (1%) 9 (4%) 0.295 10 (3%)
*

The total number shown for each group is the number of women who delivered in the study.

The Fisher exact test was used to compare proportions, and the Wilcoxon rank-sum test was used to compare distributions of continuous data.