Abstract
We estimated that cART halved the average mortality rate in HIV-infected individuals. The mortality reduction was greater in those with worse prognosis at the start of follow-up.
Keywords
CartMarginal structural modelHazard ratioConfoundingMedicineConfidence intervalAntiretroviral therapyInternal medicineProportional hazards modelProspective cohort studyCohort studyCohortHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)Viral loadImmunologyDemography
MeSH Terms
AdultAntiretroviral TherapyHighly ActiveCD4 Lymphocyte CountDrug Administration ScheduleDrug TherapyCombinationEuropeFemaleHIV InfectionsHIV-1HumansMaleMiddle AgedProportional Hazards ModelsTime FactorsUnited StatesViral Load
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- 2009
- Type
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- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 123-137
- Citations
- 460
- Access
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The HIV-CAUSAL Collaboration
(2009).
The effect of combined antiretroviral therapy on the overall mortality of HIV-infected individuals.
AIDS
, 24
(1)
, 123-137.
https://doi.org/10.1097/qad.0b013e3283324283
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1097/qad.0b013e3283324283
- PMID
- 19770621
- PMCID
- PMC2920287