2016
Comparative Effectiveness of Diabetic Oral Medications Among HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Veterans
Han JH, Gordon K, Womack JA, Gibert CL, Leaf DA, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Bisson GP. Comparative Effectiveness of Diabetic Oral Medications Among HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Veterans. Diabetes Care 2016, 40: 218-225. PMID: 27634393, PMCID: PMC5250696, DOI: 10.2337/dc16-0718.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBlack or African AmericanBlood GlucoseBody Mass IndexComparative Effectiveness ResearchDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleFollow-Up StudiesGlycated HemoglobinHispanic or LatinoHIV InfectionsHumansHypoglycemic AgentsLongitudinal StudiesMaleMetforminMiddle AgedSulfonylurea CompoundsThiazolidinedionesVeteransWhite PeopleConceptsType 2 diabetesDiabetic medicationsHIV infectionHispanic patientsPoor responseGlycemic responseOral diabetic medicationsLongitudinal cohort studyBaseline HbAGlycemic effectivenessHIV-InfectedUninfected veteransMedication initiationCohort studyOral medicationsWhite patientsPotential confoundersClinical covariatesMedicationsHIVPatientsType 2Comparative effectivenessPropensity scoreDiabetes
2012
HIV as an independent risk factor for incident lung cancer
Sigel K, Wisnivesky J, Gordon K, Dubrow R, Justice A, Brown ST, Goulet J, Butt AA, Crystal S, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Gibert C, Park LS, Crothers K. HIV as an independent risk factor for incident lung cancer. AIDS 2012, 26: 1017-1025. PMID: 22382152, PMCID: PMC3580210, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e328352d1ad.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncidence rate ratiosIndependent risk factorUninfected patientsLung cancerSimilar HIVHIV infectionSurveillance biasRisk factorsIncidence rateVeterans Aging Cohort Study Virtual CohortVeterans Affairs Central Cancer RegistryChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseIncident lung cancerObstructive pulmonary diseaseCentral Cancer RegistryLung cancer stageSimilar stage distributionRace/ethnicityExcess smokingMultivariable adjustmentAnalytic cohortPulmonary diseaseBacterial pneumoniaCancer RegistryPotential confounders