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Baseline characteristics of HIV-infected children with severe anemia

CharacteristicsNumber (%)
Age (years)
 <119 (14.6%)
 1 to 566 (50.8%)
 6 to 1032 (24.6%)
 >1013 (10.0%)
 Median (IQR)3.48 (1.67 to 6.32)
Height-for-age z-score n = 114
 > –1.59 (7.9%)
 –1.5 to –2.524 (21.1%)
 < –2.581 (71.0%)
 Median (IQR)–-3.2 (–4.2 to –2.3)
Weight-for-age z-score n = 126
 > –1.59 (7.1%)
 –1.5 to –2.513 (10.3%)
 < –2.5104 (82.5%)
 Median (IQR)–4.3 (–6.4 to –2.9)
CD4 cell percentage n = 116
 >257 (6.0%)
 15 to 2421 (18.1%)
 10 to 1418 (15.5%)
 <1070 (60.4%)
 Median (IQR)5.9 (1.0 to 13.9)
WHO category
 1 or 224 (18.5%)
 363 (48.5%)
 443 (33.1%)
Year of ART initiation
 2003 to 200540 (30.8%)
 2006 to 200849 (37.7%)
 2009 to 201341 (31.5%)

Outcomes of children initiated on (a) AZT-containing regimens (n = 18) and (b) d4T-containing regimens (n = 111) over 36 months of follow-up

Months of antiretroviral therapy061218243036
(a) Children on AZT, number18987666
 Cumulative AZT modifications0233333
 Deaths0445555
 Loss to follow-up

3.6 (95% CI 0.9–14.4) per 100 patient-years

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 Censored0111222
(b) Children on d4T, number1111028574645446
 Cumulative d4T modifications00916223036
 Deaths071012131313
 Loss to follow-up

2.6 (95% CI 1.5–4.4) per 100 patient-years

0133456
 Censored01168910
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Medicine, Assistive Professions, Nursing, Basic Medical Science, other, Clinical Medicine