Racial and Sex Disparities in Life Expectancy Losses among HIV-Infected Persons in the United States: Impact of Risk Behavior, Late Initiation, and Early Discontinuation of Antiretroviral Therapy
Losina E, Schackman BR, Sadownik SN, Gebo KA, Walensky RP, Chiosi JJ, Weinstein MC, Hicks PL, Aaronson WH, Moore RD, Paltiel AD, Freedberg KA. Racial and Sex Disparities in Life Expectancy Losses among HIV-Infected Persons in the United States: Impact of Risk Behavior, Late Initiation, and Early Discontinuation of Antiretroviral Therapy. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2009, 49: 1570-1578. PMID: 19845472, PMCID: PMC2783631, DOI: 10.1086/644772.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly discontinuationHIV infectionAntiretroviral therapyYears of lifeLate initiationRisk behaviorsLate presentationHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionHIV Research NetworkLate treatment initiationCohort of HIVImmunodeficiency virus infectionLife expectancyStandardized mortality ratioGeneral US populationHigh-risk profileYears of ageHigh-risk behaviorsSimilar demographic characteristicsRace/ethnicityART discontinuationART initiationCare concordantHispanic HIVAdvanced disease