Clinical Study

Performance of Clinical Criteria for Screening of Possible Antiretroviral Related Mitochondrial Toxicity in HIV-Infected Children in Accra

Table 2

Demographics.

HAART Experienced
( )
(%)
HAART Naive
( )
(%)
value

Sex:0.25
 Female159 (48.0)40 (55.5)
 Male172 (52.0)32 (44.4)
Average age (months) 0.05*
Average age at diagnosis (months) 0.09
Congenital transmission320 (99.1)70 (98.6)0.55
Exposure to prenatal ART:6 (1.8)6 (1.5)0.60
Current WHO stage:<0.0001*
 I27 (8.2)24 (34.3)
 II56 (17.0)22 (31.4)
 III154 (46.7)13 (18.6)
 IV93 (28.2)11 (15.7)

Statistical significance.