Food Insecurity is Associated with Poor Virologic Response among HIV-Infected Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Medications
Wang EA, McGinnis KA, Fiellin DA, Goulet JL, Bryant K, Gibert CL, Leaf DA, Mattocks K, Sullivan LE, Vogenthaler N, Justice AC, for the VACS Project Team. Food Insecurity is Associated with Poor Virologic Response among HIV-Infected Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Medications. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2011, 26: 1012-1018. PMID: 21573882, PMCID: PMC3157515, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1723-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-1 RNAHIV disease outcomeLow CD4 countAntiretroviral medicationsBody mass indexCD4 countMass indexDisease outcomeVeterans Aging Cohort StudyPoor virologic responseUnsuppressed viral loadAging Cohort StudyMultivariable logistic regressionAntiretroviral medication adherenceCross-sectional studyFood insecure participantsFood-secure participantsPotential causal associationVirologic responseVirologic suppressionCohort studyHIV diseaseHIV outcomesAdjusted analysisFood insecurity