2010
The Association Between Alcohol Consumption and Prevalent Cardiovascular Diseases Among HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Men
Freiberg MS, McGinnis KA, Kraemer K, Samet JH, Conigliaro J, Ellison R, Bryant K, Kuller LH, Justice AC. The Association Between Alcohol Consumption and Prevalent Cardiovascular Diseases Among HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Men. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2010, 53: 247-253. PMID: 20009766, PMCID: PMC2858978, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e3181c6c4b7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevalent cardiovascular diseaseCardiovascular diseaseAlcohol consumptionHigh prevalenceAlcohol abuseHazardous drinkingRisk factorsOdds ratioModerate drinkingTraditional CVD risk factorsVeterans Aging Cohort StudyCVD risk factorsTraditional risk factorsAging Cohort StudyHIV-uninfected (HIV-) menHIV-InfectedSimilar HIVAntiretroviral therapyCD4 countCohort studyProspective cohortPast drinkersKidney diseaseHIVLogistic regression
2006
Medical Disease and Alcohol Use Among Veterans With Human Immunodeficiency Infection
Justice AC, Lasky E, McGinnis KA, Skanderson M, Conigliaro J, Fultz SL, Crothers K, Rabeneck L, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Weissman SB, Bryant K. Medical Disease and Alcohol Use Among Veterans With Human Immunodeficiency Infection. Medical Care 2006, 44: s52-s60. PMID: 16849969, DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000228003.08925.8c.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsICD-9 diagnostic codesICD-9 codesChart reviewMedical diseasesDiagnostic codesAlcohol useHepatitis CLevel of exposureHIV infectionAlcohol exposureMultivariate modelGreater exposure levelsCD4 cell countHIV-positive patientsIntravenous drug useObstructive lung diseaseHuman immunodeficiency infectionCurrent alcohol useNonlinearity of associationsDiagnosis of abuseCohort studyBacterial pneumoniaPast drinkersViral loadLung disease