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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of a cohort of 91 HIV-infected infants followed up at Baylor-Uganda

From: Virologic, immunologic and clinical response of infants to antiretroviral therapy in Kampala, Uganda

Variable

Median (IQR)

N (%)

Age (months)

6.2 (4.04-9.0)

 

 0-6

 

43 (47.3)

 7-12

 

48 (52.7)

Sex

  

 Male

 

38 (41.8)

 Female

 

53 (58.2)

CD4 Percent

20 (15-29)

 

Viral load (copies/ml)

  

 <100,000

 

14 (18.2)

 100,000-750,000

 

29 (37.7)

 >750,000

 

34 (44.1)

WHO clinical stage

  

 1

 

13 (14.4)

 2

 

27 (30.0)

 3

 

32 (35.6)

 4

 

18 (20.0)

ART regimen

  

 ZDV+3TC+NVP

 

14 (16.7)

 ZDV+3TC+Lop/r

 

13 (15.5)

 D4T+3TC+NVP

 

30 (35.7)

 D4T+3TC+Lop/r

 

16 (19.0)

 Other

 

11 (13.1)

Weight/Age z-score

  

 Median (IQR)

−2.2 (-3.89 - -1)

 

 <-3SD score

 

33 (36.3)

 ≥-3SD to <-2SD

 

24 (26.4)

 ≥-2≤SD to < -1SD

 

11 (12.1)

 ≥-1SD

 

23 (25.2)

Height/Age z-score

  

 Median

−1.92 (-3.05 - -1.02)

 

 <-3SD score

 

23 (25.3)

 ≥-3SD to<-2SD

 

20 (21.9)

 ≥-2SD to<-1SD

 

26 (28.6)

 ≥-1SD

 

22 (24.2)

  1. IQR= Inter-quartile range, SD= standard deviation, WHO= World Health Organization, ART=antiretroviral therapy, ZDV=zidovudine, 3TC=lamivudine, D4T=stavudine, NVP=nevirapine, Lop/r= Lopinavir/ritonavir.