Table 4 The influence of different antiretroviral regimens and drugs on liver function parameters in 71 children without HBV or HCV coinfection.

From: Prevalence and predictors of liver disease in HIV-infected children and adolescents

parameter

Number of patients (%)

ALT

AST

bilirubin

GGTP

APRI

FIB-4

Drug/regimen

β (SE), p value

β (SE), p value

β (SE), p value

β (SE), p value

β (SE), p value

β (SE), p value

2 NRTI + NNRTI

32 (45)

−5.85 (1.26), <0.0001

13.76 (3.34), 0.0001

2 NRTI + PI

28 (39)

6.62 (1.24), <0.0001

−9.69 (3.60), 0.009

3TC

55 (77)

5.62 (2.52), 0.02

ZDV

24 (34)

5.31 (2.21), 0.01

0.05 (0.02), 0.02

TDF

10 (14)

−8.35 (2.97), 0.006

NVP

18 (25)

15.14 (3.81), 0.0002

−0.10 (0.03), 0.007

EFV

14 (20)

−7.53 (2.59), 0.004

−6.07 (1.65), 0.0005

0.11 (0.04), 0.01

LPV/r

28 (39)

5.91 (1.29), <0.0001

−12.51 (3.46), 0.0006

DRV/r

5 (7)

−8.47 (4.14), 0.04

  1. No influence on any of the parameters was found for regimens containing INSTI. β – coefficient, SE – standard error. ALT – alanine aminotransferase, AST – aspartate aminotransferase, APRI – aspartate transferase to platelet ratio index, FIB-4 – Fibrosis-4 index, GGTP – gamma glutamyl transferase, INSTI – integrase inhibitor, NRTI – nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, NNRTI non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, PI – protease inhibitor.