CD4(+) T cell count decreases by ethnicity among untreated patients with HIV infection in South Africa and Switzerland
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2009
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BACKGROUND: Estimates of the decrease in CD4(+) cell counts in untreated patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are important for patient care and public health. We analyzed CD4(+) cell count decreases in the Cape Town AIDS Cohort and the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. METHODS: We used mixed-effects models and joint models that allowed for the correlation between CD4(+) cell count decreases and survival and stratified analyses by the initial cell count (50-199, 200-349, 350-499, and 500-750 cells/microL). Results are presented as the mean decrease in CD4(+) cell count with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) during the first year after the initial CD4(+) cell count. RESULTS: A total of 784 South African (629 nonwhite) and 2030 Swiss (218 nonwhite) patients with HIV infection contributed 13,388 CD4(+) cell counts. Decreases in CD4(+) cell count were steeper in white patients, patients with higher initial CD4(+) cell counts, and older patients. Decreases ranged from a mean of 38 cells/microL (95% CI, 24-54 cells/microL) in nonwhite patients from the Swiss HIV Cohort Study 15-39 years of age with an initial CD4(+) cell count of 200-349 cells/microL to a mean of 210 cells/microL (95% CI, 143-268 cells/microL) in white patients in the Cape Town AIDS Cohort > or =40 years of age with an initial CD4(+) cell count of 500-750 cells/microL. CONCLUSIONS: Among both patients from Switzerland and patients from South Africa, CD4(+) cell count decreases were greater in white patients with HIV infection than they were in nonwhite patients with HIV infection. |
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http://boris.unibe.ch/30229/1/May%20JInfectDis%202009.pdf May, Margaret; Wood, Robin; Myer, Landon; Taffé, Patrick; Rauch, Andri; Battegay, Manuel; Egger, Matthias (2009). CD4(+) T cell count decreases by ethnicity among untreated patients with HIV infection in South Africa and Switzerland. Journal of infectious diseases, 200(11), pp. 1729-35. Cary, N.C.: Oxford University Press 10.1086/648096 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/648096> doi:10.7892/boris.30229 info:doi:10.1086/648096 info:pmid:19848608 urn:issn:0022-1899 urn:isbn:19848608 |
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eng |
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Oxford University Press |
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http://boris.unibe.ch/30229/ |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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May, Margaret; Wood, Robin; Myer, Landon; Taffé, Patrick; Rauch, Andri; Battegay, Manuel; Egger, Matthias (2009). CD4(+) T cell count decreases by ethnicity among untreated patients with HIV infection in South Africa and Switzerland. Journal of infectious diseases, 200(11), pp. 1729-35. Cary, N.C.: Oxford University Press 10.1086/648096 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/648096> |
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