Safety and Tolerability of Antiretrovirals during Pregnancy
Table 2
Laboratory adverse events.
Adverse event
tested#
(%) with adverse event
Grades 4*
Grades 3*
Grades 2*
Grades 1*
Anemia
110
2 (2%)
0
1 (1%)
4 (4%)
Thrombocytopenia
110
0
1 (1%)
0
2 (2%)
Neutropenia
110
0
0
3 (3%)
1 (1%)
Elevated ALT
98
1 (1%)
1 (1%)
4 (4%)
6 (6%)
Elevated AST
99
0
2 (2%)
4 (4%)
8 (8%)
Elevated bilirubin
98
2 (2%)
0
1 (1%)
2 (2%)
Elevated alkaline phosphatase
96
0
0
2 (2%)
17 (18%)
Elevated amylase
69
0
0
2 (3%)
1 (1%)
AE grades are the maximum observed grade for each pregnancy. Grading was performed according to the Division of AIDS Table for Grading the Severity of Adult and Pediatric Adverse Events, Version 1.0, dated December 2004 (http://rcc.tech-res.com/safetyandpharmacovigilance/).