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
2017
Multimorbidity Among Persons Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the United States
Wong C, Gange SJ, Moore RD, Justice AC, Buchacz K, Abraham AG, Rebeiro PF, Koethe JR, Martin JN, Horberg MA, Boyd CM, Kitahata MM, Crane HM, Gebo KA, Gill MJ, Silverberg MJ, Palella FJ, Patel P, Samji H, Thorne J, Rabkin CS, Mayor A, Althoff KN, Freeman A, Cescon A, Rachlis A, Rogers B, Rodriguez B, Grasso C, Benson C, Drozd D, Fiellin D, Haas D, Kirk G, Willig J, Globerman J, Brooks J, Eron J, Montaner J, Gabler K, Anastos K, Mayer K, Jacobson L, Kopansky-Giles M, Klein M, Turner M, Mugavero M, Saag M, Harrigan P, Dubrow R, Hunter-Mellado R, Hogg R, Bosch R, McKaig R, Bebawy S, Rourke S, Napravnik S, Boswell S, Sterling T. Multimorbidity Among Persons Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the United States. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017, 66: 1230-1238. PMID: 29149237, PMCID: PMC5889007, DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAge FactorsBlack PeopleCohort StudiesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleHeterosexualityHIVHIV InfectionsHomosexuality, MaleHumansHypercholesterolemiaHypertensionLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedMultimorbidityRenal Insufficiency, ChronicSexual and Gender MinoritiesUnited StatesWhite PeopleConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virusAdjusted prevalence ratiosAge-associated conditionsImmunodeficiency virusMultimorbidity prevalenceClinical careNorth American AIDS Cohort CollaborationEnd-stage liver diseaseMedian baseline ageHIV outpatient clinicChronic kidney diseaseRobust error varianceConfidence intervalsComplex healthcare needsDemographic subgroupsCohort CollaborationComorbidity preventionCohort studyDiabetes mellitusLiver diseaseOutpatient clinicKidney diseasePrevalence ratiosBaseline ageCare complexity
2016
HIV and ageing
Althoff KN, Smit M, Reiss P, Justice AC. HIV and ageing. Current Opinion In HIV And AIDS 2016, 11: 527-536. PMID: 27367780, PMCID: PMC5084838, DOI: 10.1097/coh.0000000000000305.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality of lifeAge-associated conditionsGeriatric syndromesHIV infectionCombination antiviral therapyModifiable risk factorsAge-associated comorbiditiesRole of HIVComplexity of careEvidence-based strategiesHarmful health behaviorsPhysiologic frailtyViral suppressionTreatment toxicityAntiretroviral agentsFragility fracturesAntiviral therapyViral coinfectionEffects of exposureRisk factorsCognitive dysfunctionHigh prevalenceHIVControllable illnessHealth behaviors