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