2019
Polypharmacy, Hazardous Alcohol and Illicit Substance Use, and Serious Falls Among PLWH and Uninfected Comparators.
Womack JA, Murphy TE, Rentsch CT, Tate JP, Bathulapalli H, Smith AC, Bates J, Jarad S, Gibert CL, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Tien PC, Yin MT, Gill TM, Friedlaender G, Brandt CA, Justice AC. Polypharmacy, Hazardous Alcohol and Illicit Substance Use, and Serious Falls Among PLWH and Uninfected Comparators. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2019, 82: 305-313. PMID: 31339866, PMCID: PMC7176040, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000002130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIllicit substance useHazardous alcoholSerious fallsUninfected comparatorsMedication classesOpioid prescriptionsSubstance useHIV statusMuscle relaxantsRisk factorsVeterans Aging Cohort StudyAging Cohort StudyIllicit substance abuseUnconditional logistic regressionNon-ART medicationsHazardous alcohol useSubstance use/abuseCase-control designKey risk factorsUse/abuseCohort studyMedication countInjury codesDuration of observationBaseline date
2014
HIV Infection and Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Womack JA, Chang C, So‐Armah K, Alcorn C, Baker JV, Brown ST, Budoff M, Butt AA, Gibert C, Goetz MB, Gottdiener J, Gottlieb S, Justice AC, Leaf D, McGinnis K, Rimland D, Rodriguez‐Barradas M, Sico J, Skanderson M, Tindle H, Tracy RP, Warner A, Freiberg MS. HIV Infection and Cardiovascular Disease in Women. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2014, 3: e001035. PMID: 25324353, PMCID: PMC4323817, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.114.001035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAge DistributionAgedCardiovascular DiseasesCase-Control StudiesComorbidityConfidence IntervalsFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansLongitudinal StudiesMiddle AgedPrevalenceProportional Hazards ModelsProspective StudiesRisk AssessmentSeverity of Illness IndexSurvival AnalysisUnited StatesUser-Computer InterfaceVeteransConceptsRisk of CVDCVD eventsCardiovascular diseaseHIV infectionVeterans Aging Cohort StudyCox proportional hazards modelHIV uninfected womenIncident CVD eventsIncident cardiovascular diseaseIndependent risk factorAging Cohort StudyClinical Modification codesFirst clinical encounterDeath certificate dataProportional hazards modelSubstance use/abuseUse/abuseRace/ethnicityUninfected womenHepatitis CHIV- womenLast followCohort studyIschemic strokeUnstable angina
2001
Justification for a new cohort study of people aging with and without HIV infection
Justice AC, Landefeld CS, Asch SM, Gifford AL, Whalen CC, Covinsky KE. Justification for a new cohort study of people aging with and without HIV infection. Journal Of Clinical Epidemiology 2001, 54: s3-s8. PMID: 11750202, PMCID: PMC6563331, DOI: 10.1016/s0895-4356(01)00440-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Aging Cohort StudyCohort studyChronic diseasesAging Cohort StudyLongitudinal cohort studyNew cohort studiesHIV/AIDSSubstance use/abuseUse/abuseNegative patientsHIV infectionOrgan injuryComorbid conditionsIatrogenic injuryDrug toxicityVeteran populationMethodologic issuesHIVDiseaseInjuryPopulationPatientsEtiologyInfectionStudy