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Table 3 New clinical and laboratory adverse events observed over 3 years

From: Three-year outcomes for women newly initiated on lifelong antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy – Malawi option B+

 

Number of adverse events

N (%)

Clinical adverse events grade ≥ 3

82 *

 

 Grade 3: severe

45

(54.9)

 Grade 4: life threatening

8

(9.8)

 Grade 5: death

7

(8.5)

 Obstetrical/postpartum medical condition

22

(26.8)

Laboratory event grade ≥ 2

149ǂ

 

 Low hemoglobin

58

(38.9)

 Elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT)

37

(24.8)

 Low absolute neutrophil count

18

(12.1)

 Low platelets

13

(8.7)

 Elevated bilirubin (total)

10

(6.7)

 Low Phosphate

6

(4.0)

 Low white Blood Cells (WBC)

4

(2.7)

 Low absolute lymphocyte count

3

(2.0)

 Elevated creatinine

0

(0.0)

  1. * 82 new clinical events of grade ≥ 3 were recorded in 50 women
  2. Causes of death: 1 anemia, 1 jaundice, 1 miliary tuberculosis, 1 road accident, and 3 unknown
  3. ǂ 149 new laboratory events of grade ≥ 3 were recorded in 109 women