2020
Excess Weight Gain After Cure of Hepatitis C Infection with Direct-Acting Antivirals
Do A, Esserman DA, Krishnan S, Lim JK, Taddei TH, Hauser RG, Tate JP, Re VL, Justice AC. Excess Weight Gain After Cure of Hepatitis C Infection with Direct-Acting Antivirals. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2020, 35: 2025-2034. PMID: 32342483, PMCID: PMC7352003, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-020-05782-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDAA treatmentExcess weight gainTreatment initiationWeight gainChronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infectionHigh FIB-4 scoreHepatitis C virus infectionC virus infectionFIB-4 scoreHepatitis C infectionDirect acting antiviralsLiver disease progressionMultiple logistic regressionConclusionWeight gainDAA therapySVR achievementC infectionBaseline weightProspective studyExcess weightDisease progressionVirus infectionHigh riskPatientsBirth cohort
2015
Weight Change After Antiretroviral Therapy and Mortality
Yuh B, Tate J, Butt AA, Crothers K, Freiberg M, Leaf D, Logeais M, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Ruser C, Justice AC. Weight Change After Antiretroviral Therapy and Mortality. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2015, 60: 1852-1859. PMID: 25761868, PMCID: PMC4542664, DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBaseline body mass indexVeterans Aging Cohort StudyNormal weight patientsART initiationWeight gainWeight changeHuman immunodeficiency virus-infected patientsLower mortalityDisease severityAntiretroviral therapy initiationMultivariable Cox modelVirus-infected patientsAging Cohort StudyMedian weight changeBody mass indexYears of ARTGreater disease severityVACS IndexAntiretroviral therapyTherapy initiationBaseline weightCohort studyObese patientsSurvival benefitHemoglobin levels