2020
Mortality, Health, and Substance Abuse by Religious Attendance Among HIV Infected Patients from the Veterans Aging Cohort Study
Doolittle BR, McGinnis K, Ransome Y, Fiellin D, Justice A. Mortality, Health, and Substance Abuse by Religious Attendance Among HIV Infected Patients from the Veterans Aging Cohort Study. AIDS And Behavior 2020, 25: 653-660. PMID: 32902769, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-020-03028-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCohort studyVeterans Aging Cohort StudyAging Cohort StudyAssociation of mortalitySmall cohort studiesUnhealthy alcohol useOverall drug useHIV/AIDSSmoking statusMortality riskHigh social supportDrug useBiological markersSubstance abuseLess marijuana useAlcohol usePast yearReligious attendanceLower depressionMarijuana useMortalitySocial supportAssociationAttendanceHCV
2010
Towards a combined prognostic index for survival in HIV infection: the role of ‘non‐HIV’ biomarkers
Justice A, McGinnis K, Skanderson M, Chang C, Gibert C, Goetz M, Rimland D, Rodriguez‐Barradas M, Oursler K, Brown, Braithwaite R, May M, Covinsky K, Roberts, Fultz S, Bryant K, Team F. Towards a combined prognostic index for survival in HIV infection: the role of ‘non‐HIV’ biomarkers. HIV Medicine 2010, 11: 143-151. PMID: 19751364, PMCID: PMC3077949, DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2009.00757.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAIDS-Related Opportunistic InfectionsAnemiaAnti-HIV AgentsBiomarkersCause of DeathCD4 Lymphocyte CountCohort StudiesConfidence IntervalsDisease ProgressionDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleHepatitis, Viral, HumanHIV InfectionsHIV Long-Term SurvivorsHumansLiver CirrhosisMaleMiddle AgedRNA, ViralSeverity of Illness IndexSubstance-Related DisordersSurvival AnalysisConceptsCombination antiretroviral therapyVeterans Aging Cohort StudyHIV biomarkersVACS IndexHIV infectionSurvival intervalAging Cohort StudyShorter survival intervalAntiretroviral therapyCause mortalityCohort studyHIV markersPrognostic indexAIDS conditionsChronic inflammationMortality riskHIVSubstance abuseBiomarkersMortalityBiomarker groupsComplete dataSimilar intervalsInfectionFurther validation