Predictors of trend in CD4-positive T-cell count and mortality among HIV-1-infected individuals with virological failure to all three antiretroviral-drug classes
Ledergerber B, Lundgren JD, Walker AS, Sabin C, Justice A, Reiss P, Mussini C, Wit F, d'Arminio Monforte A, Weber R, Fusco G, Staszewski S, Law M, Hogg R, Lampe F, Gill MJ, Castelli F, Phillips AN. Predictors of trend in CD4-positive T-cell count and mortality among HIV-1-infected individuals with virological failure to all three antiretroviral-drug classes. The Lancet 2004, 364: 51-62. PMID: 15234856, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(04)16589-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProportional hazards modelVirological failureCD4 cell count slopesHIV-1 RNA concentrationsCox proportional hazards modelCD4 cell countPredictors of deathAntiretroviral therapyHIV cohortDual therapyClinical outcomesViral loadHIV replicationDrug classesTreatment strategiesTreatment informationPatientsDemographic characteristicsRNA concentrationRegression analysisTherapyFailureCohort