Sex Disparities in Overall Burden of Disease Among HIV-Infected Individuals in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System
Blackstock OJ, Tate JP, Akgün KM, Crystal S, Duggal M, Edelman EJ, Gibert CL, Gordon KS, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Wang EA, Fiellin DA, Justice AC. Sex Disparities in Overall Burden of Disease Among HIV-Infected Individuals in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2013, 28: 577-582. PMID: 23807068, PMCID: PMC3695278, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2346-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Affairs Healthcare SystemART initiationOverall burdenAntiretroviral therapyVeterans Aging Cohort Study Virtual CohortVACS Index scoreART-naïve HIVLower hemoglobin levelsHuman immunodeficiency virusBurden of diseaseHealthcare systemHIV biomarkersVACS IndexVACS-VCCause mortalityHIV careLiver dysfunctionART adherenceHemoglobin levelsImmunodeficiency virusHIV treatmentModifiable factorsPharmacy dataResultsComplete dataMultivariable regressionRisk Factors for Hospitalization and Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) Admission Among HIV-Infected Veterans
Akgün KM, Gordon K, Pisani M, Fried T, McGinnis KA, Tate JP, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Huang L, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Rimland D, Justice AC, Crothers K. Risk Factors for Hospitalization and Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) Admission Among HIV-Infected Veterans. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2013, 62: 52-59. PMID: 23111572, PMCID: PMC4182723, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e318278f3fa.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVACS Index scoreMedical intensive care unit admissionIntensive care unit admissionVeterans Aging Cohort StudyCare unit admissionMICU admissionIndex scoreRisk factorsHazardous alcohol useVACS IndexUnit admissionCurrent smokingChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseAlcohol useNon-AIDS diseasesVA administrative databasesMultivariable Cox regressionSurvival of HIVObstructive pulmonary diseaseAging Cohort StudyElectronic medical recordsAntiretroviral therapyCause mortalityPrior AIDSPrior cancer