2023
Enhanced Identification of Hispanic Ethnicity Using Clinical Data
Ochoa-Allemant P, Tate J, Williams E, Gordon K, Marconi V, Bensley K, Rentsch C, Wang K, Taddei T, Justice A, Cohorts F. Enhanced Identification of Hispanic Ethnicity Using Clinical Data. Medical Care 2023, 61: 200-205. PMID: 36893404, PMCID: PMC10114212, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001824.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBurden of diseaseHispanic patientsCountry of birthClinical dataHispanic ethnicityNon-Hispanic white patientsSex-adjusted prevalenceChronic liver diseaseHuman immunodeficiency virusDemographic characteristicsElectronic health record dataHealth careHealth record dataPrevalence of conditionsUS health care systemMedicare administrative dataHealth care systemWhite patientsLiver diseaseImmunodeficiency virusSelf-reported ethnicityHigh prevalenceGastric cancerHepatocellular carcinomaVeteran population
2022
Geographic and temporal variation in racial and ethnic disparities in SARS-CoV-2 positivity between February 2020 and August 2021 in the United States
Ferguson JM, Justice AC, Osborne TF, Magid HSA, Purnell AL, Rentsch CT. Geographic and temporal variation in racial and ethnic disparities in SARS-CoV-2 positivity between February 2020 and August 2021 in the United States. Scientific Reports 2022, 12: 273. PMID: 34997001, PMCID: PMC8741774, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03967-5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2004
Predictors of trend in CD4-positive T-cell count and mortality among HIV-1-infected individuals with virological failure to all three antiretroviral-drug classes
Ledergerber B, Lundgren JD, Walker AS, Sabin C, Justice A, Reiss P, Mussini C, Wit F, d'Arminio Monforte A, Weber R, Fusco G, Staszewski S, Law M, Hogg R, Lampe F, Gill MJ, Castelli F, Phillips AN. Predictors of trend in CD4-positive T-cell count and mortality among HIV-1-infected individuals with virological failure to all three antiretroviral-drug classes. The Lancet 2004, 364: 51-62. PMID: 15234856, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(04)16589-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProportional hazards modelVirological failureCD4 cell count slopesHIV-1 RNA concentrationsCox proportional hazards modelCD4 cell countPredictors of deathAntiretroviral therapyHIV cohortDual therapyClinical outcomesViral loadHIV replicationDrug classesTreatment strategiesTreatment informationPatientsDemographic characteristicsRNA concentrationRegression analysisTherapyFailureCohort