2020
Are we missing opioid-related deaths among people with HIV?
Becker WC, Gordon KS, Edelman EJ, Goulet JL, Kerns RD, Marshall BDL, Fiellin DA, Justice AC, Tate JP. Are we missing opioid-related deaths among people with HIV? Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2020, 212: 108003. PMID: 32417360, PMCID: PMC9580216, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Aging Cohort StudyOpioid useOverdose deathsLife-limiting conditionsUnnatural deathsGreater oddsAging Cohort StudyVACS IndexOpioid exposureCohort studyHIV infectionHIV statusRisk factorsOdds ratioDeath filesIndex causeHIVDisease severityDeathDecedentsIllicit useDifferential misclassificationOddsCauseOpioids
2018
Increased non‐AIDS mortality among persons with AIDS‐defining events after antiretroviral therapy initiation
Pettit AC, Giganti MJ, Ingle SM, May MT, Shepherd BE, Gill MJ, Fätkenheuer G, Abgrall S, Saag MS, Del Amo J, Justice AC, Miro JM, Cavasinni M, Dabis F, Monforte AD, Reiss P, Guest J, Moore D, Shepherd L, Obel N, Crane HM, Smith C, Teira R, Zangerle R, Sterne JA, Sterling TR, investigators F. Increased non‐AIDS mortality among persons with AIDS‐defining events after antiretroviral therapy initiation. Journal Of The International AIDS Society 2018, 21: e25031. PMID: 29334197, PMCID: PMC5810321, DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdjusted hazard ratioAntiretroviral therapy initiationAIDS mortalityAdjusted hazardCohort CollaborationTherapy initiationAntiretroviral Therapy Cohort CollaborationHIV-1 infectionTreatment-naïve adultsCause of deathMarginal structural modelsART initiationHIV protocolMetabolic deathHazard ratioChronic inflammationRisk factorsCoding CausesSubsequent deathMortalityAIDSCommon pathwayDeathUnmeasured confoundersCause