Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2016
To analyze the impact of late presentation (LP) on overall mortality and causes of death and describe LP trends and risk factors (2004-2013). Cox models and logistic regression were used to analyze data from a nation-wide cohort in Spain. LP is defined as being diagnosed when CD4 < 350 cells/ml or AIDS. Of 7165 new HIV diagnoses, 46.9% (CI:45.7-48.0) were LP, 240 patients died.First-year mortality was the highest (aHR = 10.3[CI:5.5-19.3]); between 1 and 4 years post-diagnosis, aHR = 1.9(1.2-3.0); and
Article
English
Causes of death; Cohort study; Factors and trends; HIV; Late presentation; Mortality
Journal of Infection ; Vol. 72 Núm. 5 (january 2016), p. 587-596
open access
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