Causes of death in HIV infection
- 1 November 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in AIDS
- Vol. 18 (17) , 2333-2337
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00002030-200411190-00018
Abstract
Studies have shown an increased risk of new AIDS/death among injecting drug users (IDU) starting highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Of 3872 patients starting HAART in the EuroSIDA study, 819 were IDU (21.2%). During 14 769 person-years of follow-up, 499 patients progressed to new AIDS/death. Compared with homosexual individuals, IDU had an increased incidence of new AIDS/death, but only for non-HIV deaths. There is an urgent need to define and standardize causes of death in observational studieKeywords
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