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Table 2 Agreement between nevirapine concentration and maternal verbal reports (MVR) and unused returned nevirapine (NVP) in identifying missed doses at the 5 week visit

From: Evaluation of adherence measures of antiretroviral prophylaxis in HIV exposed infants in the first 6 weeks of life

Adherence measure

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

P-value *

MVR n (%) 95% CI

6/8 (75%) (35; 97)

32/41 (78%) (62; 89)

6/15 (40%) (16; 68)

32/34 (94%) (80; 99)

0,03

unused returned NVP n (%) 95% CI

6/8 (75%) (35; 97)

17/41 (42%) (26; 58)

6/30 (20%) (8; 39)

17/19 (89%) (67; 99)

<0.001

  1. *P-value represents the comparison between maternal verbal reports/unused returned nevirapine and NVP concentration.
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BMC Pediatrics

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