2018
Duration of opioid prescriptions predicts incident nonmedical use of prescription opioids among U.S. veterans receiving medical care
Barry DT, Marshall BDL, Becker WC, Gordon AJ, Crystal S, Kerns RD, Gaither JR, Gordon KS, Justice AC, Fiellin DA, Edelman EJ. Duration of opioid prescriptions predicts incident nonmedical use of prescription opioids among U.S. veterans receiving medical care. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2018, 191: 348-354. PMID: 30176548, PMCID: PMC6596307, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.07.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrescription opioid receiptPrescription opioidsMedical careOpioid receiptVeterans Health Administration primary careNonmedical useMultivariable Cox modelInfectious disease clinicProspective cohort studyProportional hazards regressionPrescription opioid medicationsPublic health problemSubstance use disordersMedication-related characteristicsOpioid therapyOpioid medicationsOpioid prescriptionsCohort studyDisease clinicMedian ageHazards regressionEligible participantsPrimary careRisk factorsIncidence rate
2015
Weight Change After Antiretroviral Therapy and Mortality
Yuh B, Tate J, Butt AA, Crothers K, Freiberg M, Leaf D, Logeais M, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Ruser C, Justice AC. Weight Change After Antiretroviral Therapy and Mortality. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2015, 60: 1852-1859. PMID: 25761868, PMCID: PMC4542664, DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBaseline body mass indexVeterans Aging Cohort StudyNormal weight patientsART initiationWeight gainWeight changeHuman immunodeficiency virus-infected patientsLower mortalityDisease severityAntiretroviral therapy initiationMultivariable Cox modelVirus-infected patientsAging Cohort StudyMedian weight changeBody mass indexYears of ARTGreater disease severityVACS IndexAntiretroviral therapyTherapy initiationBaseline weightCohort studyObese patientsSurvival benefitHemoglobin levels