2021
Polypharmacy-associated risk of hospitalisation among people ageing with and without HIV: an observational study
Justice AC, Gordon KS, Romero J, Edelman EJ, Garcia BJ, Jones P, Khoo S, Re V, Rentsch CT, Tate JP, Tseng A, Womack J, Jacobson D. Polypharmacy-associated risk of hospitalisation among people ageing with and without HIV: an observational study. The Lancet Healthy Longevity 2021, 2: e639-e650. PMID: 34870254, PMCID: PMC8639138, DOI: 10.1016/s2666-7568(21)00206-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Aging Cohort StudyMedication countDrug-drug interactionsAntiretroviral therapyObservational studyPhysiological frailtyVeterans Affairs Health Services ResearchMore drug-drug interactionsRisk of hospitalisationRisk of admissionAging Cohort StudyHIV-1 RNANon-ART medicationsAdverse health outcomesNational InstituteHealth services researchAdditional medicationObserved medicationActive medicationCause mortalityMore medicationsCohort studyPrescription fillsHIV statusPrescription medications
2019
Improved discrimination of mortality with Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index 2.0 in HIV-positive individuals
Tate JP, Sterne JAC, Justice AC. Improved discrimination of mortality with Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index 2.0 in HIV-positive individuals. AIDS 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 30649058, PMCID: PMC6749990, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhite blood countC-statisticBlood countVeterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) IndexAntiretroviral Therapy Cohort CollaborationDiscrimination of mortalityVACS Index 2.0Antiretroviral therapy initiationCD4 cell countHIV-positive populationHarrell's C-statisticHIV-1 RNAHIV-positive individualsKaplan-Meier plotsCohort CollaborationNadir CD4VAC patientsAntiretroviral therapyCause mortalityCD8 ratioTherapy initiationViral suppressionGeneral healthExcess mortalityLaboratory values
2016
Baseline, Time-Updated, and Cumulative HIV Care Metrics for Predicting Acute Myocardial Infarction and All-Cause Mortality
Salinas JL, Rentsch C, Marconi VC, Tate J, Budoff M, Butt AA, Freiberg MS, Gibert CL, Goetz MB, Leaf D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Justice AC, Rimland D. Baseline, Time-Updated, and Cumulative HIV Care Metrics for Predicting Acute Myocardial Infarction and All-Cause Mortality. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2016, 63: 1423-1430. PMID: 27539575, PMCID: PMC5106607, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw564.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionIncident acute myocardial infarctionVeterans Aging Cohort StudyCombination antiretroviral therapyCardiovascular risk factorsHIV-1 RNAVACS IndexHazard ratioMyocardial infarctionRisk factorsMultivariable proportional hazards modelsVACS Index scoreLast clinic visitAging Cohort StudyHuman immunodeficiency virusProportional hazards modelCART initiationAntiretroviral therapyCause mortalityCD4 countClinic visitsCohort studyOrgan injuryPrimary outcomeImmunodeficiency virus