Patterns, Predictors, and Consequences of Initial Regimen Type among HIV-Infected Women Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

It is important to elucidate differences among initial highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimen types in comparative studies of therapy effectiveness. We aimed to identify predictors of initiation with different HAART regimen types and the effect of initial regimen type on switching and immunologic response to therapy--controlling for those predictors--among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women in the United...