Clinical Study

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

Table 3

MDC and EPF total scores.

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

MDC categories
 Metabolic disease unlikely
 (0-1 point)
220 (66.5)52 (69.4)
 Metabolic disease possible
 (2–4 points)
110 (33.3)22 (29.23)0.81
 Metabolic disease probable
 (5–7 points)
1 (0.3)1 (1.4)
EPF categories
 Positive53 (16.0)6 (8.3)
 Negative278 (83.9)66 (91.6) 0.10