2021
Excess burden of age-associated comorbidities among people living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada: a population-based cohort study
Nanditha NGA, Paiero A, Tafessu HM, St-Jean M, McLinden T, Justice AC, Kopec J, Montaner JSG, Hogg RS, Lima VD. Excess burden of age-associated comorbidities among people living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada: a population-based cohort study. BMJ Open 2021, 11: e041734. PMID: 33419911, PMCID: PMC7799128, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041734.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-negative controlsAge-associated comorbiditiesPopulation-based cohort studyCohort studyPrevalence trendsDiagnosis of comorbiditiesHIV-negative counterpartsNon-AIDS comorbiditiesHIV-negative individualsProvincial administrative databasesHIV care modelAdministrative health dataAge-associated conditionsLongitudinal cohort dataEarly ageAIDS comorbiditiesLiver diseaseEligible participantsLung diseaseAdministrative databasesHigh prevalencePLWHComorbiditiesCare modelKruskal-Wallis test
2010
The need for validation of large administrative databases: Veterans Health Administration ICD-9CM coding of exudative age-related macular degeneration and ranibizumab usage
Latkany P, Duggal M, Goulet J, Paek H, Rambo M, Palmisano P, Levin W, Erdos J, Justice A, Brandt C. The need for validation of large administrative databases: Veterans Health Administration ICD-9CM coding of exudative age-related macular degeneration and ranibizumab usage. Journal Of Ocular Biology, Diseases, And Informatics 2010, 3: 30-34. PMID: 21139706, PMCID: PMC2956455, DOI: 10.1007/s12177-010-9052-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExudative age-related macular degenerationAge-related macular degenerationExcellent positive predictive valuePositive predictive valuePredictive valueMacular degenerationLarge electronic medical record systemsClinical Modification codingLarge administrative databaseNegative predictive valueElectronic medical record systemVA ConnecticutMedical record systemChart reviewNinth RevisionOphthalmology clinicAdministrative databasesClinical informationInternational ClassificationDistinct patientsTherapy policyRanibizumabPatientsRecord systemDegeneration
2004
Risk of diabetes in HIV infected veterans pre‐ and post‐HAART and the role of HCV coinfection
Butt AA, Fultz SL, Kwoh CK, Kelley D, Skanderson M, Justice AC. Risk of diabetes in HIV infected veterans pre‐ and post‐HAART and the role of HCV coinfection. Hepatology 2004, 40: 115-119. PMID: 15239093, DOI: 10.1002/hep.20289.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virusPre-HAART eraHAART eraRisk of diabetesHCV coinfectionHCV infectionHigh riskHepatitis C virus infectionMultivariate Cox regression analysisVeterans Affairs administrative databasesActive antiretroviral therapyC virus infectionCox regression analysisIncidence of diabetesKaplan-Meier curvesCox regression methodsDiagnosis of diabetesHCV-HIVAntiretroviral therapyHazard ratioLiver diseaseImmunodeficiency virusAdministrative databasesVirus infectionDrug diagnoses